68 documents showing 61–68
Apple Inc. AAPL
Apple's $137B idle cash depresses its P/E; distribute 'iPrefs' — tax-free perpetual preferred stock paying 4% — to unlock ~$150/share without spending a dollar of cash.
N5
V3
C3
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Fund
Target
Thesis
Scores
Apr 01, 2014
Carl Icahn
eBay
EBAY
13D Monitor backs Icahn's eBay campaign: the board's Silicon-Valley-insulated directors can't even recognize their conflicts, so Icahn needs two seats and a PayPal spin to fix it.
N3
V2
Dec 19, 2013
Muddy Waters
NQ Mobile, Inc.
NQ
NQ Mobile's independent-committee fraud probe is structurally compromised; Muddy Waters offers to fund Plante & Moran to audit the auditors and protect investors from another China-fraud whitewash.
N4
V2
May 13, 2013
Starboard Value
DSP Group, Inc.
DSPG
DSP has burned $557M on failed new products while its profitable cordless-telephony core erodes; new independent directors can right-size costs and unlock SiTel-level margins.
N4
V3
Apr 30, 2013
Starboard Value
Tessera Technologies Inc.
TSRA
Tessera has squandered $517M on the failing Digital Optics business while its core patent-licensing franchise shrinks; Starboard's six-director slate and IP-focused plan can unlock best-in-class 60-70% EBITDA margins.
N4
V3
Feb 21, 2013
Greenlight Capital
Apple Inc.
AAPL
Apple's $137B idle cash depresses its P/E; distribute 'iPrefs' — tax-free perpetual preferred stock paying 4% — to unlock ~$150/share without spending a dollar of cash.
N5
V3
May 31, 2012
Elliott Management
BMC Software
BMC
BMC's strong assets are trapped under an unengaged board and CEO Beauchamp who keeps missing his own targets; electing Elliott's four tech nominees opens a sale and long-overdue value.
N5
V3
Sep 14, 2011
Third Point
Yahoo! Inc.
YHOO
Yahoo's Asian assets and cash alone cover its $14 price; with a new board and unlocked 40% Alibaba stake, intrinsic value is $20-32 per share — 40-122% upside.
N4
V3
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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