Contrarian Corpus
activist full deck proxy fight
2019-03-01 · 40 pages

Telecom Italia TIT.MI

N 5 Narrative
V 5 Visual
C 5 Craft
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The three reasons

  1. 1

    Vivendi's control of TIM destroyed 54% of shareholder value

  2. 2

    Bollore captures ~6x more value from $1 of Vivendi profit than from $1 at TIM

  3. 3

    Bollore's track record of corruption and governance abuse makes his nominees unsupportable

Primary demands

  • Reject Vivendi's slate of director nominees at the March 29, 2019 AGM
  • Preserve the current independent Board installed at the May 2018 AGM
  • Support new CEO Luigi Gubitosi and the independent Board's February 2019 strategic plan
  • Allow unconflicted exploration of strategic alternatives including NetCo separation and Italian telecom consolidation
  • Convert TIM saving shares to unlock ~EUR 1.1bn of value for ordinary shareholders

KPIs cited

Unaffiliated shareholder vote share (May 2018 AGM)
81% backed Elliott's independent slate vs. 19% for Vivendi
TIM share price under Vivendi Board / Genish CEO
-54% from Vivendi takeover through Genish removal
Bollore economic value per $1 of profit
$0.27 at Vivendi vs. $0.05 at TIM (~6x; 16x once P/E is included)
Value lost from Vivendi blocking saving-share conversion
EUR 1.1bn total missed deleverage, ~10% of TIM market cap
Annual cash leakage from unconverted saving shares
EUR 166m per year in saver dividends
Genish underperformance as telco incumbent CEO
VIVO -8.0% vs. IBOVESPA; TIM -24.1% vs. SXKE Index
Bollore voting control of Vivendi
~29% voting rights via double voting despite ~20% economic stake
Vivendi economic vs. voting stake in TIM
18% economic / 24% voting — blocking minority
Havas advertising contract awarded under Vivendi control
EUR 91m in 2017 to Vivendi-controlled affiliate
ISS Governance QualityScore trend
TIM moved to best decile after 2018 AGM; Vivendi has been in worst decile since Bollore chairmanship

Pattern membership

Where this document fits across the library's 12 rhetorical / structural patterns.

Notable slides (6)

Notes

Third presentation in Elliott's Telecom Italia campaign, timed to the March 29, 2019 AGM where Vivendi was attempting to retake board control after losing the May 2018 proxy vote. Unusual posture: Elliott is the incumbent defender (activist_defense) protecting the independent board it installed, while framing Vivendi/Bollore as the destructive contrarian trying to claw back control. Three-act SCQA structure ('A Clear Choice' / 'Not Aligned' / 'Unsupportable') with strong editorial typography on black section dividers, consistent purple-accent palette, and annotated share-price charts (p.9, p.19) with overlaid event callouts. Memorable 'Friends & Family' board-interlock grid on p.28. Heavy use of third-party quote stacks (ISS, Glass Lewis, Banca IMI, Credit Suisse, BAML, MSCI ESG, FT, Bloomberg, WSJ, NYT) as credibility scaffolding. Governance-driven thesis, not valuation-driven — no SOP or DCF. Exact presentation date within March 2019 not shown on cover; presentation_date approximated as 2019-03-01 from filename. Companion campaign site: www.Time-for-TIM.com.