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callout villain critique

"The trial showed that pitolisant was inferior to modafinil in reducing excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), the primary endpoint, and also inferior in cataplexy."

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 211
callout appendix data

"So this Jinjiang Yundong is managing the HR and the finance of the subs, right? Yes, that's right. Finance, retail (零售), right, right, all of these subsidiaries"

callout other

"The Draft Guidance provides several examples of uncontrolled risks. One examples is strikingly similar to the vulnerabilities and attacks MedSec has discovered:"

St. Jude Medical, Inc. · STJ Muddy Waters · p. 21
callout ceo quote

"FTAI Management Claims to be Immune From a Significant Supply-Demand Shift in the Market. But if This Were True, Why Would EBITDA Margins Be Falling So Quickly?"

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 52
callout appendix methodology

"A positive working capital means there's a cash surplus from the company's working capital needs while a negative working capital means there's a cash shortage."

N/A 99_Other · p. 19
callout kpi overview

"Secondly, the company's gross margin declined sequentially in Q3 2019, reaching its second lowest level since the company started reporting earnings in Q3 2013."

58.com Inc. · WUBA Grizzly Research · p. 26
callout appendix data

"We weren't able to locate previous transaction history of the property and give the company benefit of the doubt and do not allocate a discount for overpayment."

callout peer gap

"In 2018, Southwest had best-in-class margins. Today, Southwest’s margins are the lowest in the peer group and approximately 900 basis points below best-in-class"

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 31
callout villain critique

"The simpler explanation is that Archer silences all videos because the noise levels for Midnight are unsatisfactory and would undermine their marketing efforts."

Archer Aviation Inc · ACHR Grizzly Research · p. 17
callout villain critique

"Adding multiple different demos together to create the impression the design can accomplish all capabilities simultaneously is both misleading and disingenuous."

Archer Aviation Inc · ACHR Grizzly Research · p. 25
callout cover

"We believe the company is hiding a flawed business model with abysmally small revenue potential behind a façade of big-name announcements and lofty projections."

Ceres Power Holdings plc · CWR Grizzly Research · p. 1
callout villain critique

"PMV’s website and investor communications are filled with general p53 information designed to intrigue retail investors but lacks current data and hard science."

PMV Pharmaceuticals · PMVP Wolfpack Research · p. 3
callout precedent table

"We believe that in just a matter of a few days, PMV Pharma will head down the same path as Aprea, its stock dropped 77% on the Phase 3 failure in December 2020."

PMV Pharmaceuticals · PMVP Wolfpack Research · p. 15
callout peer gap

"In addition, after removing the biological asset adjustment effects on gross profits, we see that there is actually nothing special about Trulieve’s operations."

Trulieve Cannabis Corp · TRUL Grizzly Research · p. 22
callout ceo quote

"Chapman even offered a testimonial to Clark Street for its website, declaring its lobbying positioned “us for substantial funding that has been transformative.”"

IonQ Inc · IONQ Wolfpack Research · p. 17
callout villain critique

"When you read DVLT’s press release, it sounds to us like they own or lease the building, or at least a few floors, but we went and visited and that is not true."

Datavault AI Inc. · DVLT Wolfpack Research · p. 6
callout villain critique

"TSMC would theoretically require 110 of the Lasertec tools at $50MM each to cover their daily mask throughput of 550 – implying an absurd $5.5 billion of spend."

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 290
callout villain critique

"NNOX appear to be less than transparent about this troubling fact pattern, as the October 28, 2019 agreement is not referenced anywhere in the Final Prospectus."

Nano-X Imaging Ltd. · NNOX Muddy Waters · p. 15
quote villain critique

"Companies listed on the Prime Market should therefore appoint at least one-third of their directors as independent directors — Japan's Corporate Governance Code"

Keisei Electric Railway · 9009 Palliser Capital · p. 20
quote villain critique

"Dexcom filed a weak patent infringement case against AgaMatrix that became objectively baseless following the Court's Markman order. — Court Motion, May 9, 2018"

Dexcom, Inc. · DXCM Spruce Point Capital · p. 32
quote villain critique

"I direct that no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic. — FORDHAM J"

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 7
quote peer gap

"Azure CDN will be retiring Azure CDN Standard from Akamai on 31 October 2023 – transition to another CDN profile to avoid service interruption — Microsoft Azure"

Edgio, Inc. · EGIO Citron Research · p. 7
quote ceo quote

""I think then we are creating substantial shareholder value. That's the main driver that we will continue to follow here." — Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld, April 10, 2012"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 28
quote ceo quote

"With a strong factory supervision background, [Mark Donegan] spends a majority of his time visiting [PCC] facilities around the world. — Citi, December 13, 2010"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 135
quote ceo quote

""NFDL Rate is a standard established by the Mine Safety and Health Administration and is widely used by coal companies to judge their safety performance." — AMR"

Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. · AMR Spruce Point Capital · p. 84
quote ceo quote

"We continue to expect additions to capital lease lines to be high single digits as a percentage of revenue going forward. — Dropbox Guidance For 2019 (Feb 2019)"

Dropbox, Inc. · DBX Spruce Point Capital · p. 44
quote ceo quote

"In terms of your last question, there is nothing in terms of our results that was impacted in any way by any anonymous report that was released. — Yusuf Alireza"

Noble Group · NOBL Muddy Waters · p. 11
quote other

"Based on challenging macroeconomic conditions, our class of 2022 and class of 2023 new stores are estimated to be below these targets. — Floor & Decor 2023 10-K"

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. · FND Spruce Point Capital · p. 46
quote ceo quote

"We know that when one of our designers becomes involved with a project, the average ticket can be 4x larger than the ones where they are not involved. — Q4 2018"

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. · FND Spruce Point Capital · p. 66
quote ceo quote

""One way out of the dilemma of uncorrelated ratings is to use the one with the most predictive power, which they found to be MSCI ESG Ratings" — Linda-Eling Lee"

MSCI Inc. · MSCI Spruce Point Capital · p. 48
quote villain critique

"「当社はレーザーテック製のA150装置を使っています。5ナノメートルのウェハーに使います。2021年に購入したので、2年以上使っています。また、レーザーテックの新しいA300装置のことを知っています。1台のA150を所有しているほか、もう2台の処理能力をリースで利用しています。」 — マーベル・テクノロジーの上席従業員"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 232
quote ceo quote

"「レーザーテックは危ないと思います。同社には完成品の在庫が滞留していますが、KLAは各社に向けて次のように予告しています。『発注を2025年の中旬まで待っていただけるなら、新しいシステムを商業的に提供できます』。KLAはレーザーテックのマーケットシェアに食い込みます。当然です。」 — グローバルファウンドリーズの元幹部"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 281
quote villain critique

"「はい、見逃している欠陥がないことを確認するために。もし欠陥を見逃せば、生産される各々の半導体装置に転写されます。致命的な問題があれば、問題のウェハーを出荷できなくなります。下手をすれば何十億ドルもの損失を招くことになるのです」 — 半導体製造装置企業の上席幹部として長年の経験を持ち、レーザーテックのCEOに親しい人物"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 287
quote villain critique

"I direct that no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic. — FORDHAM J"

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 12
quote villain critique

"“We’re basically selling our identity soul to a private company, who’s then going to be the gatekeeper ... everywhere one goes.” — Kaliya Young, identity expert"

Clear Secure, Inc. · YOU Spruce Point Capital · p. 42
quote ceo quote

"“Disney has overcome one of the most challenging periods in its history and a new era of building is well underway...” — Disney Letter to Shareholders, 02/01/24"

The Walt Disney Company · DIS Trian Partners · p. 122
quote ceo quote

"“In summary, [Elliott] has assembled a strong slate, which has the experience and independence that PSX requires.” — Institutional Shareholder Services, 5/12/25"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 10
quote villain critique

"Please combine the specific gameplay of the game operated by PLTK and game rules settings, etc., to further explain whether PLTK is suspected of gambling — CSRC"

Playtika Holding Corp. · PLTK Grizzly Research · p. 8
quote villain critique

"“The first 3. The last one was a different light source.” — Ushio field engineer who maintains light sources on Lasertec ACTIS A150 machines at Intel Oregon fab"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 149
quote ceo quote

"“it’s not stable…it’s just not stable…it doesn’t work all the time…it just dies.” — Former KLA executive in a leadership role in their EUV mask inspection group"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 221
callout villain critique

"Three CFOs within the past five years; Three heads of technology within the past five years; Switched head of sales four times over within the past five years."

LivePerson, Inc. · LPSN Starboard Value · p. 3
callout ceo quote

"At a minimum, there is a misconception that Genius provides betting data for NCAA events. At worse, Genius is violating the terms of its NCAA media partnership"

Genius Sports Limited · GENI Spruce Point Capital · p. 41
callout other

"Based on our review of FIGS stated competitive and product advantages, we believe that practically none of them are sustainable and most are easily replicated."

FIGS, Inc. · FIGS Spruce Point Capital · p. 59
callout kpi overview

"Since the IPO on the London Stock Exchange in May 2013, Platform’s share price has increased 144%, including the attached warrants associated with the offering"

Unknown · p. 53
callout peer gap

"Across a selection of popular models, Carvana cars are 1.5% more expensive than CarMax cars on average, and have 0.6% less mileage than CarMax cars on average."

Carvana Co. · CVNA Spruce Point Capital · p. 28
callout kpi overview

"From 2009 to 2012, Tessera's revenue declined 21.8% while total operating expenses actually increased 40.7% resulting in a massive decline in operating income."

Tessera Technologies Inc. · TSRA Starboard Value · p. 9
callout peer gap

"1.10x Coverage Scenario would place CCI #8 in the S&P 500 in terms of dividend yield – a severe valuation disconnect which simply could not persist in our view"

callout ceo quote

"The narrative that Phillips has sub-par assets is the result of recent operational shortcomings, with the market previously viewing the assets as best-in-class"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 9
callout villain critique

"This “Anta Group Self-Operated” online store is clearly NOT being run by an “in-house team”, but by a private, non-ANTA company, owned by one of its employees."

callout villain critique

"I would ask them to plot two different graphs - what's the actual capacity you've charged within 15 minutes? What's the absolute number in terms of watt-hours?"

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 92
callout table of contents

"We believe the machine doesn't exist and that the announcement was part of an ongoing pattern of fraud that its CEO and co-founders are now trying to cover up."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 3
callout villain critique

"Luxor's error is further reflected in its quarterly dividend estimation of $3.70 per share – significantly higher than the actual dividend of $1.836 per share."

callout villain critique

"We believe that the conflicts and private sector corruption often present in China business will include most to all foreign firms that offer similar services."

Focus Media Holding · FMCN Muddy Waters · p. 2
callout other

"The process improvements most often cited by physicians were mapping speed and informative visualization, which changed the way they treat complex arrhythmias."

Acutus Medical Inc. · AFIB Kerrisdale Capital · p. 20
callout peer gap

"Tecovas has moved into many of BOOT's markets while staking early moves in other large metro areas such as Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC ahead of BOOT's entry."

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. · BOOT Spruce Point Capital · p. 33
callout section divider

"We Believe PowerSchool’s Revenue And Adjusted Financials Are Inflated By Aggressive Accounting Practices And That It Is Materially More Levered Than It Appears"

PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. · PWSC Spruce Point Capital · p. 75
callout kpi overview

"To counter revenue pressure, Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS) operators have started to aggressively cut capex and will likely make additional cuts going forward."

Maxar Technologies · MAXR Spruce Point Capital · p. 16