LionEye Capital Management LLC

LionEye Capital Management LLC is a hedge fund sponsor based out of New York City. The company was originally established in 2008 by Stephen Raneri and Arthur Rosen and has grown from its inception to now operate with 9 employees of which 5 are investment professionals. LionEye Capital Management conducts its research both internally and externally, utilizing both a fundamental and technical methodology to make its investment decisions. The company invests mainly in the securities of companies in the small, medium and large market capitalizations. LionEye Capital Management mainly focuses on the public equity markets within North America, especially on event driven strategies. The company invests almost exclusively in the consumer discretionary sector, investing mainly in the companies Staples Inc., Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., and Famous Daves of America Inc. LionEye Capital Management holds its allocations an average of approximately 5.3 quarters and holds its top 10 holdings an average of just 2.33 quarters. The company oversees over $1.68 billion in total assets under management spread across 8 total accounts, all of which are discretionary accounts. Both of LionEye Capital Management’s total number of accounts managed and total assets under management have been increasing in recent years with its total number of accounts increasing from just 3 back in 2012 and its total assets under management growing significantly from under $100 million five years ago to well over ten times that amount today. The company mainly caters to pooled investment vehicles, which makes up approximately two thirds of clientele, both in terms of number of actual clients and total amount of assets attributed to the client, and also provides services to investment advisors, which makes up the remainder of its clients. LionEye Capital Management takes advisory fees in the form of a percentage of assets and various performance based fees.