FEDERAL MOGUL CORP
SC 13D, 2000-03-28
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No.__)*

                            Federal-Mogul Corporation
                                (Name of Issuer)

                                  Common Shares
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    313549107
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                               Marc Weitzen, Esq.
                                Legal Department,
                  Icahn Associates Corp. & affiliated companies
                          767 Fifth Avenue, 47th Floor

                            New York, New York 10153
                                 (212) 702-4388

           (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
                       Receive Notices and Communications)

                                  March 15,2000
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  that is the subject of this  Schedule  13D, and is filing this
schedule because of ss.ss. 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the
following box / /.

NOTE:  Schedules  filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties
to whom copies are to be sent.

*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for  any  subsequent   amendment   containing   information  which  would  alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 74960K 876

1        NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
                         High River Limited Partnership

         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON


2        CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a) /X/
                                                                        (b) / /
3        SEC USE ONLY

4        SOURCE OF FUNDS*
                  WC

5        CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
         PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                      //

6        CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                  Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:

         7        SOLE VOTING POWER
                      3,668,500

         8        SHARED VOTING POWER
                           0

         9        SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                       3,668,500

         10       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                           0

11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                        3,668,500

12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
         SHARES*
                  //

13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                           5.2%

14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
                  PN


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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 74960K 876

1        NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
                  Riverdale LLC

         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON


2        CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a) /X/
                                                                        (b) / /
3        SEC USE ONLY

4        SOURCE OF FUNDS*
                  WC

5        CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
         PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                       //

6        CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                  New York

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:

         7        SOLE VOTING POWER
                           0

         8        SHARED VOTING POWER
                        3,668,500

         9        SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                           0

         10       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                       3,668,500

11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                        3,668,500

12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
         SHARES*
                  //

13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                           5.2%


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14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
                  OO

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 74960K 876

1        NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
                  Carl C. Icahn

         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON


2        CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                        (a) /X/
                                                                        (b) / /
3        SEC USE ONLY

4        SOURCE OF FUNDS*
                  WC

5        CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
         PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                       //

6        CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                  United States of America

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:

         7        SOLE VOTING POWER
                           0

         8        SHARED VOTING POWER
                        3,668,500

         9        SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                           0

         10       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        3,668,500

11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                        3,668,500

12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
         SHARES*
                  //


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13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                           5.2%

14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
                  IN

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

Item 1.  Security and Issuer

         This  Schedule  13D  relates  to the common  shares,  no par value (the
"Shares"), of Federal-Mogul  Corporation, a Michigan corporation (the "Issuer").
The  address  of  the  principal  executive  offices  of  the  Issuer  is  26555
Northwestern Highway, Southfield, Michigan 48034.

Item 2.  Identity and Background

         The persons filing this statement are High River Limited Partnership, a
Delaware limited  partnership ("High River"),  Riverdale LLC, a New York limited
liability  company  ("Riverdale"),and  Carl C.  Icahn,  a citizen  of the United
States of America  (collectively,  the  "Registrants").  The principal  business
address and the address of the  principal  office of (i)High River and Riverdale
is 100 South Bedford Road,  Mount Kisco,  New York 10549, and (ii) Carl C. Icahn
is c/o Icahn Associates Corp., 767 Fifth Avenue,  47th Floor, New York, New York
10153.

         Riverdale is the general partner of High River and is 100
percent owned by Carl C. Icahn.

         High  River is  primarily  engaged  in the  business  of  investing  in
securities. Riverdale is primarily engaged in the business of owning real estate
and acting as general partner of High River.  Carl C. Icahn's present  principal
occupation  or  employment  is acting as  President  and a Director  of Starfire
Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Starfire"), and as the Chairman of
the Board and  Director of various of  Starfire's  subsidiaries,  including  ACF
Industries,  Incorporated,  a New Jersey corporation  ("ACF").  Starfire,  whose
principal  business  address is 100 South  Bedford Road,  Mount Kisco,  New York
10549,  is  primarily  engaged in the  business of holding,  either  directly or
through  its  subsidiaries,  a  majority  of the  common  stock  of ACF.  ACF is
primarily engaged in the business of leasing, selling and manufacturing railroad
freight and tank cars.


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         The name,  citizenship,  present principal occupation or employment and
business address of each member of Riverdale is set forth in this section.  Each
such  person is a  citizen  of the  United  States  of  America.  To the best of
Registrants'  knowledge,  except  as set  forth  in  this  section,  none of the
managers or executive officers of the Registrants own any shares of the Issuer.

         Carl C.  Icahn is the sole  member  of  Riverdale  and owns 100% of the
interests  therein.  As such, Mr. Icahn is in a position directly and indirectly
to determine the investment and voting decisions made by the Registrants.

         None of High River, Riverdale,  Mr. Icahn, nor any manager or executive
officer of any of the  Registrants,  has,  during the past five years,  (a) been
convicted in a criminal  proceeding  (excluding  traffic  violations  or similar
misdemeanors),  or (b)  been a party  to a civil  proceeding  of a  judicial  or
administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding
was or is  subject  to a  judgment,  decree  or  final  order  enjoining  future
violations of, or prohibiting,  or mandating  activities  subject to, Federal or
State securities laws or a finding of any violation with respect to such laws.

Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

         The aggregate  purchase price of the 3,668,500  Shares purchased by the
Registrants was $63,651,430.21  (including  commissions).  The source of funding
for the purchase of these Shares was general working capital of the Registrants.

Item 4.  Purpose of Transaction

         Registrants acquired the Shares for investment purposes.  However, they
may at any  time and  from  time to time  determine  to seek to  contact  Issuer
regarding means of increasing stockholder value.

         Depending on market  conditions,  Registrants  may determine to acquire
additional Shares of Issuer at any time and from time to time in the open market
or otherwise  or may  determine to sell Shares at any time and from time to time
in the open market or otherwise.

Item 5.           Interest in Securities of the Issuer

         (a) As of the close of the business day on March 27, 2000,
Registrants may be deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate,


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3,668,500 Shares,  representing  approximately 5.2% of the Issuer's  outstanding
Shares (based upon the  70,511,346  Shares stated to be  outstanding as of March
13,  2000 by the  Issuer  in the  Issuer's  Form  10-K  filing,  filed  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2000).

         (b) High River has sole voting  power and sole  dispositive  power with
regard to  3,668,500  Shares.  Riverdale  has  shared  voting  power and  shared
dispositive  power with  regard to  3,668,500  Shares.  Carl C. Icahn has shared
voting power and shared dispositive power with regard to 3,668,500 Shares.

         Riverdale and Mr. Icahn, by virtue of their relationships to High River
(as  disclosed  in Item 2), may be deemed to  beneficially  own (as that term is
defined in Rule  13d-3  under the Act) the  Shares  which  High  River  directly
beneficially  owns.  Each  of  Riverdale  and  Mr.  Icahn  disclaims  beneficial
ownership of such Shares for all other purposes.

         (c) The  following  table sets forth all  transactions  with respect to
Shares effected during the past sixty (60) days by any of the  Registrants.  All
such  transactions  were  effected  in  the  open  market,  the  table  excludes
commissions paid.

                                           No. of Shares              Price
         Name              Date            Purchased                 Per Share
         ----              ----            ---------                 ---------

         High River        3/16/00          100,000                    $13.6211

         High River        3/15/00           96,500                    $13.7918

         High River        3/9/00            25,000                    $13.9625

         High River        3/8/00            16,600                    $13.9157

         High River        3/7/00            25,000                    $13.9250

         High River        3/2/00             5,000                    $13.9375

         High River        3/1/00            20,000                    $13.9353

         High River        2/29/00           28,000                    $13.8906

         High River        2/28/00            5,000                    $13.9375

         High River        2/25/00           63,600                    $14.3164

         High River        2/24/00          104,500                    $14.3301


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         High River        2/23/00            4,700                    $14.5000

         High River        2/22/00           17,000                    $14.4982

         High River        2/18/00          100,000                    $14.3099

         High River        2/17/00          150,000                    $14.2755

         High River        2/16/00           80,000                    $14.6706

         High River        2/15/00          100,000                    $14.7498

         High River        2/14/00           50,000                    $14.7500

         High River        2/11/00          770,000                    $14.6623

         High River        2/10/00          200,000                    $15.1623

         High River        2/09/00          370,000                    $16.2413

         High River        2/08/00          330,000                    $17.0334

         High River        2/07/00          105,900                    $16.9390

         High River        2/04/00          100,000                    $17.0728


Item 6.           Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationship
                  with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

         Except as described herein,  none of the Registrants has any contracts,
arrangements,  understandings  or  relationships  (legal or otherwise)  with any
person with respect to any  securities of the Issuer,  including but not limited
to the  transfer  or  voting  of any of the  securities,  finder's  fees,  joint
ventures,  loan or option  arrangements,  puts or calls,  guarantees of profits,
division of profits or losses, or the giving or withholding of proxies.


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Item 7.           Material to be Filed as Exhibits

1.       Joint Filing Agreement of the Registrants

                                            SIGNATURE

         After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.

Dated: March 28, 2000


HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By:      RIVERDALE LLC,
         General Partner


         By:
                  Name:  Carl C. Icahn
                  Title: Member

RIVERDALE LLC


By:
         Name:  Carl C. Icahn
         Title: Member


CARL C. ICAHN

[Signature Page of Schedule 13D with respect to Federal-Mogul
Corporation]

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                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

         In accordance  with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of
each of them of a statement on Schedule 13D (including  amendments thereto) with
respect to the common stock, no par value,  of  Federal-Mogul  Corporation,  and
further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such
joint filings. In evidence thereof, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have
executed this Joint Filing Agreement this 28th day of March, 2000.

HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By:      RIVERDALE LLC,
         General Partner


         By:
                  Name:  Carl C. Icahn
                  Title: Member

RIVERDALE LLC


By:
         Name:  Carl C. Icahn
         Title: Member


CARL C. ICAHN


            [Joint Filing Agreement for Schedule 13D with respect to
                           Federal-Mogul Corporation]


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