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quote villain critique

"Awards are permitted to vest for below median relative performance which therefore fails the pay for performance hurdle.... — Legal & General Investment Management, May 15, 2024"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 2
quote villain critique

""Awards are permitted to vest for below median relative performance which therefore fails the pay for performance hurdle." — Legal & General Investment Management, May 15, 2024"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 20
callout villain critique

"CEO Fayer’s biography has many open hole questions. First, it says he started Nuvei as Pivotal Payments in 2003. However, it fails to say what exactly he did prior to 2003."

Nuvei Corp · NVEI Spruce Point Capital · p. 13
callout preempt rebuttal

"The most honest bear case is Hegde execution risk: if volume growth fails to materialize, this becomes a shrinking business retiring shares rather than a growing one."

callout villain critique

"History may not be repeating itself, but it certainly is rhyming. We expect a crash back below $3 as the company either dilutes or fails to retain key customers."

Innodata, Inc. · INOD Wolfpack Research · p. 16
callout comparison table

"The market fails to account for Saputo’s U.K. Pension plan obligation, which is highly sensitive to inflation and assumes 2.9% inflation vs. 10.1% reality."

Saputo Inc. · TSX:SAP Spruce Point Capital · p. 8
callout villain critique

"The revised offer announced on April 11th, not only fails to address any of our concerns but in our view makes the whole transaction alarmingly illogical."

Glencore Plc · GLEN Bluebell Capital · p. 5
callout villain critique

"PowerSchool’s risk section fails to mention SOPIPA’s prohibitions on building profiles on students and using a student's own data to target them with ads."

PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. · PWSC Spruce Point Capital · p. 64
callout valuation reveal

"We believe the market's current evaluation of REZI's capital structure is incorrect as it fails to treat the convertible preferred as in-the-money equity."

Resideo Technologies, Inc. · REZI Spruce Point Capital · p. 90
callout villain critique

"Nuvei's CFO David Schwartz provides a biography that fails to fully disclose that he was appointed the CFO of SureFire Commerce (TSX: FIR) in May 2002."

Nuvei Corp · NVEI Spruce Point Capital · p. 24
callout villain critique

"Warning: We believe Oatly’s Chairman of the Board provides a disingenuous biography that fails to capture his recent experience with Genius Foods Ltd."

Oatly Group AB · OTLY Spruce Point Capital · p. 26
callout ceo quote

"Spruce Point is dissatisfied with the Company's response, and notes that Saputo fails to provide hard numbers or sources to substantiate its claims."

Saputo Inc. · TSX:SAP Spruce Point Capital · p. 48
callout transition

"If this proposed transaction fails, we expect investors would correctly conclude there is no potential future strategic alternative for the company"

Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. · HHH Pershing Square · p. 50
callout kpi overview

"If Dexcom fails to cut prices by a substantial (yet unsustainable) margin to better match Abbott, its near-term growth runway is severely limited."

Dexcom, Inc. · DXCM Spruce Point Capital · p. 56
callout villain critique

"The company’s disclosure is opaque, as it fails to break out the key figure – device sales by organ – showing only a product/service total by SKU."

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 13
callout villain critique

"We believe Samsara (IOT), like the examples below, promotes itself to retail yet fails to have a sustainable path to profitability and cash flow."

Samsara Inc. · IOT Spruce Point Capital · p. 6
callout ceo quote

"Rollins frequently cites the recurring nature of its revenues, but fails to provide regular updates about gross, net, or acquired customers."

Rollins Inc. · ROL Spruce Point Capital · p. 66
callout villain critique

"Timken’s calculation distorts its trading discount by relying on a cash flow multiple that fails to adjust for short-term, temporary impacts"

The Timken Company · TKR Relational Investors · p. 32
callout villain critique

"Annual setting of performance criteria for a “long-term” plan fails to hold management accountable for meeting long-term financial targets"

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 57
callout villain critique

"Annual setting of performance criteria for a “long-term” plan fails to hold management accountable for meeting long-term financial targets"

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 57
callout transition

"I think athena deserves a smaller capitalization, and I’m not just referring to how it fails to capitalize the first letter of its name."

athenahealth · ATHN Greenlight Capital · p. 4
callout kpi overview

"Does a company that fails to hit a key metric 9 out of 11 years during the greatest bull market in history deserve a premium valuation?"

Stryker Corp. · SYK Spruce Point Capital · p. 189
callout other

"If the answer is yes, every whole-loan "sale" is a seller-financed transaction that fails the effective control test under ASC 860."

SoFi Technologies · SOFI Muddy Waters · p. 4
callout villain critique

"MSCI already fails to disclose that Nasdaq is a competitor within its Index segment while also growing its ESG solutions business."

MSCI Inc. · MSCI Spruce Point Capital · p. 27
callout villain critique

"The valuation ascribed to this 36% of shares fails the laugh test, and the transaction structure fails the smell test."

TAL Education Group · TAL Muddy Waters · p. 18
callout villain critique

"While tasked with overseeing risk, we find it ironic that he himself has nothing at risk if Nova succeeds or fails."

Nova Minerals Limited · NVA Spruce Point Capital · p. 46
callout villain critique

"We noted the QS data fails to meet almost every criteria, which even warns against the Y-axis trick QS uses here."

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 111
callout villain critique

"Insider ownership now stands at a paltry 1.5%, meaning that insiders have little at risk if the Company fails."

Amdocs Limited · DOX Spruce Point Capital · p. 89
callout villain critique

"This check can easily be automated for all review profiles but apparently Trustpilot fails to do that."

Trustpilot Group PLC · TRST Grizzly Research · p. 12
callout ceo quote

"What is obvious is that John Hess's perennial claims, year after year stock performance fails"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 42
callout ceo quote

"Management fails to grasp the cost focus necessary to maximize value in resource plays"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 34
quote villain critique

"The Crowne Plaza hotel ‘fails to meet the client's recovery needs’, said his lawyer."

Vivion Investments Muddy Waters · p. 4
callout villain critique

"Taubman's presentation fails to answer a number of important questions:"

Taubman Centers, Inc. · TCO Land & Buildings · p. 6
quote other

"Cintas Fails To Make It To My Watchlist — Dilantha De Silva"

Cintas Corp. · CTAS Spruce Point Capital · p. 65