495 documents showing 481–495
Lehman Brothers LEH
Lehman is using fair-value accounting tricks to hide CDO losses and inflate Level 3 marks; the firm is over-levered, opaque, and needs to recapitalize before the Fed has to step in.
N5
V2
C1
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Date
Fund
Target
Thesis
Scores
May 21, 2008
Greenlight Capital
Lehman Brothers
LEH
Lehman is using fair-value accounting tricks to hide CDO losses and inflate Level 3 marks; the firm is over-levered, opaque, and needs to recapitalize before the Fed has to step in.
N5
V2
Aug 02, 2007
JANA Partners
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
WFMI
regulatory filing
N1
V1
Nov 09, 2006
Pershing Square
Borders Group, Inc.
BGP
Borders' high-quality Superstores franchise is obscured by money-losing Mall and International segments; rationalizing those while remodeling stores and buying back stock unlocks $36 vs. $21 today.
N4
V3
Feb 01, 2006
Carl Icahn
Time Warner Inc.
TWX
Time Warner has underperformed its peer index by 51% under Parsons; splitting into four SpinCos (AOL, Content, Publishing, Cable) plus a $20bn buyback unlocks $30-45bn — a 35-54% premium.
N5
V4
Jan 18, 2006
Pershing Square
McDonald's Corporation
MCD
McDonald's is fundamentally a franchise and real-estate royalty company hidden inside an underperforming restaurant operator; a 20% McOpCo IPO and segment financials force a sum-of-parts rerating to $46-$50/share.
N5
V3
Nov 15, 2005
Pershing Square
McDonald's Corporation
MCD
McDonald's is a hidden real-estate and franchise business trading as a restaurant operator; IPO'ing 65% of McOpCo and re-levering PropCo unlocks $45-50 per share, a 37-52% premium.
N5
V3
Jun 17, 2002
Greenlight Capital
Allied Capital
ALD
Greenlight argues Allied Capital overstates NAV by mismarking illiquid BDC loans and funds its dividend with non-cash PIK income and fees from Enron-Raptor-style controlled subsidiaries.
N5
V1
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Elliott Management
Norwegian (unspecified — inferred from filename)
other
N1
V1
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Engine Capital
Parkland Corporation
PKI
Parkland's board is running a sham strategic review to entrench itself; Engine demands a shareholder-driven board reconstitution before the 2025 Annual Meeting to unlock real value.
N3
V1
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Engine Capital
Lyft
LYFT
Lyft's entrenched, inexperienced board tolerates a dual-class structure, staggered seats and unoptimized balance sheet; replacing two directors unlocks governance reform and a $750mm ASR.
N3
V1
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Oasis Management
Kao Corporation
4452 JT
Kao's iconic cosmetics brands are underutilized by passive management; prioritizing international growth, hiring a global CMO, and refreshing the board unlock JPY10,000/share — a 76% upside.
N3
V2
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Oasis Management
Kao Corporation
4452.JP
Kao, a 'sleeping giant' of premium FMCG brands hamstrung by a management allergic to growth, should refocus globally and rebuild the board, unlocking 76-97% upside.
N5
V4
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TCI Fund
TCI portfolio companies
Climate change is a material investment risk, so TCI demands portfolio companies disclose emissions and a credible transition plan, or face votes-against and divestment.
N2
V2
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Trian Partners
The Walt Disney Company
DIS
Disney has lost its way and underperformed peers; replacing two long-tenured directors with Nelson Peltz and former Disney CFO Jay Rasulo will restore accountability and shareholder returns.
N3
V3
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Starboard Value
Fluor Corporation
FLR
Fluor's $4bn NuScale stake masks a transformed EPCM core trading at just 2.8x EBITDA; separating NuScale unlocks a re-rating to peer 6-13x multiples.
N4
V4