Click to view a price quote on XRX. : HP Inc. (HPQ - Get Report) said it was aware that the New York activist investor Carl Icahn had taken a stake in the imaging company and was committed to doing what's best for all its holders. Icahn told the Wall Street Journal that he took a 4.24% stake in HP, valued at roughly $1.2 billion, and argued that a merger of printer makers Xerox (XRX - Get Report) and HP could yield big profits for investors. Icahn's stake in HP wasn't previously reported. He owns a 10.6% stake in Xerox.