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May 11, 2020

Starboard Value

GCP Applied Technologies GCP

Starboard rebuts GCP: stock has lagged peers on every milestone since the 2016 spin-off, and Starboard's superior director slate can finally drive the turnaround management hasn't delivered.

N4 V3

Apr 30, 2020

Starboard Value

GCP Applied Technologies GCP

Four years post-spinoff, GCP has lagged peers on growth, margins, and stock price under an insular, interconnected Board; replace nine directors and unlock ~600 bps of EBIT margin expansion.

N4 V3

Apr 29, 2020

Grizzly Research

58.com Inc. WUBA

WUBA's sudden $55 go-private offer from underfunded Ocean Link — announced the day after Luckin's fraud burst — is a sham price-support PR maneuver masking accounting fraud and COVID collapse.

N4 V3

Apr 28, 2020

TCI Fund

Wirecard AG WDI

KPMG's failed audit of Wirecard's EUR 1bn trustee cash and TPA revenues creates a legal duty for the supervisory board to remove the CEO immediately.

N5 V2

Apr 20, 2020

Hindenburg Research

New Pacific Metals NUAG

Bolivia-focused silver developer New Pacific trades 17x peers on concessions likely acquired illegally under a now-ousted regime; Hindenburg targets C$0.37, 90%+ downside.

N5 V4

Apr 02, 2020

Spruce Point Capital

WD-40 Company WDFC

WD-40 is a promotional, no-moat lubricant company hiding a balance-sheet hole and bloated inventory behind a 28x EBITDA multiple — Spruce Point sees 55-60% downside to $75-$85.

N5 V4

Mar 10, 2020

Spruce Point Capital

Amcor plc AMCR

Amcor is a packaging roll-up masking 3-4% organic declines, obscured tobacco dependence, liquidity strain, and accounting red flags — including a CAO with a revoked CPA — with 40-60% downside to $3.60-$5.40.

N5 V4

Feb 10, 2020

Muddy Waters

NMC Health plc NMC

Newly disclosed NMC share pledges corroborate Muddy Waters' hidden-debt thesis: likely Enron-style off-balance-sheet financing or subsidies from undisclosed Shetty-family related parties inflating margins.

N4 V1

Feb 01, 2020

Grizzly Research

58.com Inc. WUBA

58.com is an accounting house of cards: inflated SEC revenues, a $2.6bn Ganji goodwill that collapsed 95% post-acquisition, and serial insider spin-offs enriching the CEO and former co-chairman.

N4 V2

Dec 17, 2019

Muddy Waters

NMC Health plc NMC.LN

NMC Health's UAE hospital empire is built on inflated capex, overstated cash, hidden reverse factoring and related-party self-dealing — Muddy Waters is short and sees deep, possibly fraudulent rot.

N5 V1

Dec 05, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Canadian Tire Corporation CTC.A

Canadian Tire is an over-levered legacy retailer masking decline with aggressive accounting and risky credit card lending; looming downgrade forces asset sales and 35-50% downside to C$77-100.

N5 V4

Nov 30, 2019

TCI Fund

Ferrovial FER

TCI, a ~1% shareholder, commends Ferrovial's CDP 'A' grade but presses for stronger SBTI-aligned targets, RE100 membership, and leadership in de-carbonising aviation and road transport.

N2 V2

Nov 30, 2019

TCI Fund

S&P Global SPGI

TCI, a ~1% holder, urges S&P Global to lead on climate disclosure: report fully to CDP, adopt a Paris-aligned transition plan, and push mandatory GHG disclosure across the companies it rates.

N3 V2

Nov 30, 2019

TCI Fund

Canadian Pacific Railway CP

TCI, owner of ~8% of Canadian Pacific, demands the railroad close its CDP climate-disclosure gap versus peers CN and UNP and adopt a credible science-based transition plan.

N3 V2

Nov 30, 2019

TCI Fund

Airbus AIR

TCI, a 1.5% Airbus shareholder since 2012, demands stronger climate disclosure, an A-grade CDP score, and Airbus leadership in mandating low-carbon synthetic aviation fuels — or TCI will vote against directors.

N2 V1

Nov 30, 2019

TCI Fund

Alphabet Inc. GOOGL

TCI, a 0.6% Alphabet holder, commends Alphabet's A-grade CDP disclosure and codifies its stewardship stance: full CDP reporting, Paris-aligned transition plans, or votes against directors and auditors.

N2 V2

Nov 13, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Cintas Corp. CTAS

Cintas's fastest-growing fire inspection business is committing fraud while G&K integration masks financial strain — a sum-of-parts at peer M&A multiples implies 60-75% downside to $69-$107/sh.

N5 V4

Oct 09, 2019

Elliott Management

Unizo Holdings Company 3258.T

Unizo's board is dressing an insider-friendly employee buyout as a takeover defense; Elliott demands disclosure and conflict-of-interest safeguards under METI's Fair M&A Guidelines.

N3 V2

Oct 09, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Monolithic Power Systems MPWR

MPWR's Chinese tax filings show $262m missing revenue and near-zero inventory despite 90% production in China — accounting red flags point to 75-85% downside.

N5 V4

Sep 25, 2019

Wolfpack Research

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. SGH

SMART Global Holdings' 62%-of-revenue Brazil business depended on a PPB tax subsidy the WTO struck down; without it margins collapse, and self-dealing M&A signals management already knows.

N4 V2

Sep 24, 2019

Elliott Management

Marathon Petroleum Corporation MPC

Marathon Petroleum's conglomerate structure traps $22–$40bn of value; separating Refining, Midstream and Retail into three focused companies unlocks 60%+ upside now and over 100% long-term.

N5 V4

Sep 05, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. CHD

CHD trades at an all-time-high premium as a trade-war safe haven, but CEO Farrell's financial-engineering roll-up is cracking; 35-50% downside to $40-$52/share.

N5 V4

Aug 13, 2019

Muddy Waters

Burford Capital BUR

Burford's rebuttal confirms it: aggressive mark-to-model fair-value gains, manipulated ROIC/IRR, and a CEO-CFO marriage make BUR an Enron-style stock promotion the FCA should investigate.

N4 V2

Aug 07, 2019

Muddy Waters

Burford Capital Ltd. BUR LN

Burford is a poor litigation-finance business masquerading as a great one through Enron-like fair value accounting, four-case concentration, and a CEO-wife CFO — and is arguably insolvent.

N5 V2

Jul 24, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. MTD

Mettler-Toledo's flawless EPS record masks aggressive capitalization, an empty Shanghai office, and PwC auditor conflicts — implying 30-50% downside to $410-$574 per share.

N5 V3

Jul 09, 2019

Muddy Waters

ANTA Sports Products Limited 2020.HK

ANTA used IPO proceeds to grow Shanghai Fengxian, then stripped it to insider proxies via a straw buyer in 2008 — proof of fraudulent intent toward minority shareholders.

N4 V2

Jun 19, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Axon Enterprise (formerly TASER) AAXN

Axon is a mature Taser maker masquerading as a SaaS cloud story; aggressive accounting, China-tariff margin pressure, and TAM inflation justify a $27.50-$40 target — 40-60% downside.

N4 V3

Jun 06, 2019

Oasis Management

N/A (Japanese M&A regulatory guidelines; Alps Alpine cited as precedent)

Dealreporter coverage of Japan's new METI M&A guidelines that strengthen special committees and independent directors in MBOs, with Oasis Management endorsing the reforms as minority-shareholder protection.

N2 V1

May 24, 2019

Muddy Waters

Casino Guichard-Perrachon CO

Rallye's safeguard filing vindicates Muddy Waters' 2015 warning that Casino was being hollowed out to sustain Jean-Charles Naouri's parasitic, debt-laden holding structure.

N3 V1

May 23, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Verint Systems, Inc. VRNT

Verint's reported 8% growth is a mirage of M&A, FX and ASC 606 tailwinds masking negative organic growth; rerate to BPO peer multiples for 60-70% downside to $17-25.

N4 V3

May 20, 2019

Trian Partners

Legg Mason LM

Trian owns ~4.5% and returns as a significant shareholder

N1 V2

May 16, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

A.O. Smith Corporation AOS

A.O. Smith's China growth is cracking while revenue-recognition red flags, unsustainable 40%+ margins and vanishing insider ownership point to 45-65% downside to $17.75-$27.30.

N4 V3

Apr 09, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. AJRD

AJRD's rocket franchise is eroding as Blue Origin and SpaceX displace it; aggressive accounting and ~$900M ignored liabilities mask 5x leverage and 40-60% downside to $13-$20.

N4 V3

Mar 01, 2019

Starboard Value

Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY

BMY's $91B Celgene deal bets the company on a REVLIMID patent cliff and pipeline requiring 10 blockbusters in 8 years — shareholders should vote no and pursue a standalone Amgen-style transformation.

N5 V3

Mar 01, 2019

Elliott Management

Telecom Italia TIT.MI

Vivendi destroyed value at TIM during its control; shareholders must reject Bolloré's nominees at the March 29 AGM and keep the independent board.

N5 V4

Mar 01, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Carvana Co. CVNA

Carvana is a CCC+-rated subprime used-car dealer masquerading as a tech disruptor; Spruce Point sees 56-83% downside to $7.50-$19.60, with a credible path to zero.

N4 V3

Feb 28, 2019

Starboard Value

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company BMY

Bristol-Myers' $91bn Celgene acquisition buys pharma's largest patent cliff; Starboard urges shareholders to vote it down and replace directors to pursue a standalone plan or sale.

N4 V3

Feb 28, 2019

Starboard Value

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company BMY

Starboard urges BMY shareholders to reject the $91B Celgene acquisition — it imports a massive REVLIMID patent cliff and was rushed through without exploring standalone turnaround or a sale of Bristol-Myers.

N4 V3

Feb 22, 2019

Starboard Value

Magellan Health, Inc. MGLN

Magellan destroyed $700M of value through failed acquisitions and three 2018 guidance cuts; Starboard's six-director slate will overhaul the board and run a parallel sale process at peer multiples.

N4 V2

Feb 13, 2019

Pershing Square

Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. PSH

PSH offers an activist portfolio compounding well above the S&P 500, available at a 27% discount to NAV, with a new dividend, buybacks, and insider buying narrowing the gap.

N3 V3

Jan 23, 2019

Spruce Point Capital

Amdocs Limited DOX

Spruce Point sees 25-50% downside in Amdocs (DOX): a Guernsey-domiciled telecom-IT vendor whose steady margins, opaque insider selling via Pines Quest, and dot-com-era accounting tricks signal $30-$45 per share.

N4 V3

Jan 07, 2019

Starboard Value

Dollar Tree, Inc. DLTR

Dollar Tree is deeply undervalued because Family Dollar is a failed acquisition and the $1 price ceiling is a self-imposed cap; selling Family Dollar and testing multi-price points unlocks $150/share.

N4 V2

Dec 13, 2018

Spruce Point Capital

XPO Logistics, Inc. XPO

XPO is a United-Rentals-style roll-up masking financial strain with aggressive accounting and a felon-linked board; normalized EPS is 47% overstated, implying 40–60% downside.

N5 V3

Dec 10, 2018

Starboard Value

Cars.com Inc. CARS

Starboard, a ~10% holder, warns Cars.com's board that serial guide-downs must end with credible 2019-2021 targets, a third independent director, and — absent improvement — management change or a sale.

N4 V2

Nov 20, 2018

Elliott Management

Mitek Systems, Inc. MITK

Mitek's board is entrenching against ASG's $10 cash bid (51% premium) despite a declining core business, departed leadership, and a chairman dumping his own stock below the offer price.

N4 V1

Nov 15, 2018

Carl Icahn

Dell Technologies (Class V / DVMT tracking stock) DVMT

Dell's $109 buyout of the DVMT tracker is really $90 — a 42% discount engineered to transfer $11bn from public holders to Michael Dell and Silver Lake. Vote no.

N4 V3

Oct 31, 2018

Spruce Point Capital

Dollarama Inc. DOL

Dollarama trades 50% above peers as a 'dollar store' now selling $4 goods; reversing FX hedges, Dollar Tree's arrival and governance red flags imply ~40% downside to C$24.60.

N4 V3

Oct 17, 2018

Spruce Point Capital

Mercury Systems Inc. MRCY

Mercury Systems faces 50-60% downside as Supermicro-hack exposure, missing cyber leadership, hidden A/R factoring, and the sector's richest multiple collide with rising DFARS compliance costs.

N4 V3

Oct 11, 2018

Trian Partners

PPG Industries, Inc. PPG

PPG has underperformed peers by 3,500 bps under CEO McGarry; Trian wants Chuck Bunch reinstalled, the balance sheet levered, and the portfolio split into Architectural and Industrial to unlock ~40% upside.

N4 V3

Oct 01, 2018

Third Point

Campbell Soup Company CPB

Campbell's incumbent board delivered 19% TSR vs 306% S&P over 20 years; replace the entire board with Third Point's Independent Slate to unlock $52-58/share via turnaround, breakup, or sale.

N5 V4

Sep 05, 2018

Spruce Point Capital

Weis Markets, Inc. WMK

Weis Markets is the most expensive U.S. supermarket masking -1-2% organic decline with aggressive accounting and shrinking disclosures; Spruce Point sees 45-65% downside.

N4 V3

Jul 01, 2018

Third Point

Nestlé S.A. NESN

Nestlé has been too slow to adapt to a changing consumer industry; adopting a #NestléNOW mindset — sharper strategy, bolder portfolio divestitures including the L'Oréal stake, and a three-division split — can double EPS by 2022.

N5 V4

Jun 07, 2018

Spruce Point Capital

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. HTA

HTA's suspiciously flat Same-Property NOI growth mirrors Brixmor's pre-restatement pattern; Spruce Point sees 20-40% downside to $15-$20 once the accounting unravels.

N5 V3

May 24, 2018

Carl Icahn

SandRidge Energy SD

SandRidge trades at a ~45% discount to its own PV-10 because the post-bankruptcy 'bankruptcy board' destroys value via dilutive deals; replace it with Icahn's slate to run a real sale process.

N4 V3

May 10, 2018

Land & Buildings

Taubman Centers, Inc. TCO

Taubman's persistent peer underperformance stems from a family-entrenched board and dual-class structure; electing Litt and collapsing Series B shares unlocks value common shareholders have been denied.

N4 V3

Apr 24, 2018

Elliott Management

Telecom Italia TIT.MI

Vivendi's 18% economic stake has captured TIM's board at the expense of minorities; electing Elliott's 10 Independent Nominees on May 4th restores governance while backing CEO Genish's plan.

N4 V4

Apr 23, 2018

Elliott Management

Hyundai Motor Group

HMG's Mobis-Glovis spinoff is suboptimal; a true holding-company structure plus KRW 6tn buybacks, a 40-50% payout, and independent boards close peer discounts and deliver 15%+ upside.

N5 V4

Apr 17, 2018

Carl Icahn

Xerox Corporation XRX

Xerox's CEO is handing 50.1% control to Fuji 'without spending a penny' for ~$28/share; vote down the deal and replace the board to unlock $54-$64 standalone.

N5 V3

Apr 16, 2018

Land & Buildings

QTS Realty Trust QTS

QTS's CEO Chad Williams runs a culture of self-enrichment with no accountability; shareholders should withhold votes from him and the comp chair at the May 3 annual meeting.

N3 V2

Apr 11, 2018

Starboard Value

Newell Brands Inc. NWL

Newell's board destroyed $10bn and handed control to Icahn; elect Starboard's four independent nominees to execute a credible divestiture plan and restore accountability.

N4 V2