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callout villain critique

"DWAC has forecast Truth Social users to grow to 81m by 2026 based solely on a 2021 Morning Consult/Politico poll of registered voters."

Digital World Acquisition Corp · DWAC Kerrisdale Capital · p. 18
callout comparison table

"Refining and midstream have contrasting risk/return propositions, with weak capital returns vs. refiners and poor growth vs. midstream"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 28
callout kpi overview

"PSH's discount to NAV narrowed meaningfully in anticipation of the PSUS IPO and potential associated reduction in PSH performance fees"

Pershing Square Holdings · PSH Pershing Square · p. 15
callout villain critique

"Limbach no longer references that it is “Gathering momentum in energy efficiency” as part of its growth outlook in Investment Summary."

Limbach Holdings, Inc. · LMB Spruce Point Capital · p. 54
callout kpi overview

"Using the same net realized gains computations as above, BUR's sky-high ROICs fall back to 19% over that seven-and-a-half-year period."

Burford Capital Ltd. · BUR LN Muddy Waters · p. 23
callout villain critique

"The technician stated the company didn’t even have a protocol for needlesticks, as an indication of the overall level of recklessness."

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 248
callout executive summary

"It is our belief that the value of BEF Foods may approach $1.2 billion, which would exceed the enterprise value of the entire Company."

callout transition

"We believe there are highly-compelling industrial reasons to pursue a separation of the Bob Evans Restaurants and BEF Foods businesses"

callout other

"As underlying sales trends continue to improve, QSR’s share price should more accurately reflect our view of its business fundamentals"

Pershing Square Holdings · PSH Pershing Square · p. 46
callout villain critique

"Expressed extreme concern about pulmonary edema and cardiac failure, based on extensive experience using diazoxide for hyperinsulinism"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 66
callout comparison table

"Assuming the spin-off of the remaining >80% interest in TIP REIT occurs in 2010, the Revised Transaction offers many pros and few cons"

Target Corporation · TGT Pershing Square · p. 38
callout villain critique

"Unfortunately for Harmony, every single physician we interviewed indicated there is no value proposition to Wakix being non-controlled"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 28
callout other

"The literature on the toxicity and pharmacokinetic difficulties of both imidazole and non-imidazole-based H3R candidates is extensive."

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 75
callout villain critique

"Unfortunately for Harmony, every single physician we interviewed indicated there is no value proposition to Wakix being non-controlled"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 290
callout peer gap

"Taubman was the only mall REIT among peers to neither reduce its all-cash dividend nor pay a stock dividend during the Great Recession"

Taubman Centers, Inc. · TCO Land & Buildings · p. 11
callout precedent table

"Bren built his fortune developing The Irvine Ranch MPC over the last 40 years successfully navigating boom and bust real estate cycles"

Howard Hughes Corporation · HHC Pershing Square · p. 4
callout other

"As you can see below, RILY's debtors almost uniformly live in the right tail (distressed) end of their industry default distributions."

B. Riley Financial, Inc. · RILY Wolfpack Research · p. 5
callout other

"The actions of Southwest’s Board and management team since we published our views have only solidified the case for leadership change."

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 5
callout villain critique

"Because New Vision is a related party, we do not believe that these revenues to Flexopt actually represent true economic transactions."

Intelligent Systems Corp · INS Grizzly Research · p. 8
callout appendix disclosure

"YOU SHOULD DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE MAKING ANY INVESTMENT DECISION WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES COVERED HEREIN."

Playtika Holding Corp. · PLTK Grizzly Research · p. 2
callout villain critique

"On their landing page, FreeCash.com prominently shows a Trustpilot rating of 5 stars, based on an unbelievable almost 250,000 reviews."

Trustpilot Group PLC · TRST Grizzly Research · p. 29
callout villain critique

"The reality is that while electric vehicles can contain some very high levels of technology, ADOMANI’s tech is far less sophisticated."

ADOMANI · ADOM White Diamond Research · p. 11
callout villain critique

"Our reservation requests did not outright request criminal activities but were engineered to trigger every standard trafficking alert."

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 5
callout villain critique

"Reviews spanning a five-year period suggest that Fairmont Dubai failed to address reports of sex workers operating in one of its bars."

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 25
callout villain critique

"We also observe that client churn and downgrades are detracting more from revenue growth than has been gained from new client revenue."

Enfusion, Inc. · ENFN Spruce Point Capital · p. 18
callout villain critique

"Does this make sense? How can it be that the Company is doing poorly operationally but management as individuals are each doing great?"

callout other

"the second that KLA launches its actinic EUV tool and creates a competing option, Lasertec as a Japanese supplier is in major trouble."

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 284
callout villain critique

"Close ups of mechanical and/or HVAC structures inside Fab 4A look like those in a ghost town gathering dust and spider webs for years."

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 332
callout villain critique

"Two former senior executives of Emblaze hold senior roles at NNOX, strongly suggesting that Reifman has significant influence at NNOX."

Nano-X Imaging Ltd. · NNOX Muddy Waters · p. 10
quote villain critique

"“restructuring will reduce spending in DOC...but not in the Company’s Intellectual Property business.” — March 21, 2013 Press Release."

Tessera Technologies Inc. · TSRA Starboard Value · p. 15
quote ceo quote

"Transparency is everything. Tell us as well what's going on with respect to the analysis that Mr. Müller has undertaken. — Mr. Tüngler"

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 71
quote villain critique

"“complete bullshit”; “completely outrageous,”; “bottom line ridiculous”; and stated they may be relevant “in 50 years.” — Ex-employees"

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 74
quote villain critique

"a deeper level of personalized insights to help middle and high school students prepare best for their future — PowerSchool management"

PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. · PWSC Spruce Point Capital · p. 11
quote ceo quote

"But while "historic highs" are defined on 3-year rolling, management does not mention 3-year rolling in evaluating current performance"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 111
quote villain critique

"tenure of more than nine years (can) ... potentially compromise a director's independence — Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS")"

Sotheby's · BID Third Point · p. 18
quote process diagram

"IP is for the public good. The developed IP will be open-sourced. It will be used royalty free but not exclusively. — C3.ai Prospectus"

C3.ai, Inc. · AI Spruce Point Capital · p. 58
quote ceo quote

"Trian's analysis relies on a 2011 EPS of $4.32 that is not reported in DuPont's public filings... — DuPont presentation, February 2015"

quote process diagram

"“I want everyone to understand that the most important thing in this business is to get to Supervisor.” — Shawn Dahl (Chairman’s Club)"

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 173
quote appendix disclosure

"Pro forma statements or disclaimers may not cure otherwise deceptive messages or practices. — FTC Policy Statement on Deception (1983)"

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 217
quote villain critique

"Kudos to your practice for putting together such a detailed summary of this unexpected and devastating complication. — Dr. Suber Huang"

Apellis Pharmaceuticals · APLS Citron Research · p. 6
quote villain critique

"MUJER 2: Cuando renuncié, pienso que probablemente estaba cerca de tener una crisis nerviosa, en serio. — Former Herbalife Distributor"

Unknown · p. 9
quote ceo quote

"One, elimination of compensation for Welltower management and making them owners through performance-oriented Welltower stock. — Mitra"

Welltower Inc. · WELL Land & Buildings · p. 7
quote other

"“...our revenue from one-on-one in Guangzhou was around 10%, 9% in Q1 and 11% in Q2, of the overall one-on-one revenue” — CFO Rong Luo"

TAL Education Group · TAL Muddy Waters · p. 48
quote timeline

"“They were not determined not to be a pyramid. That would be inaccurate... I do not endorse [Icahn’s] statement.” – Chairwoman Ramirez"

Unknown · p. 9
quote villain critique

"Ku'damm: the first of the 3 buildings (ca 22,000 out of ca 62,000 sqm) is in use per Q3 2020 and is 100% let. — Vivion Business Update"

Vivion Investments S.à.r.l. Muddy Waters · p. 23
quote other

"“I'm fairly well read, but there's definitely some things that you brought up that is new information for me” — PWS endocrinologist #9"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 98
quote villain critique

"No reasonably possible change in key assumptions would result in goodwill impairment — Lightspeed Commerce, Inc. FY 2021 Annual Report"

Lightspeed Commerce, Inc. · LSPD Spruce Point Capital · p. 66
quote villain critique

"obstacles in developing these agents are emphasized — 2019 paper by a longtime collaborator of Bioprojet's head, Jean-Charles Schwartz"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 70
quote cover

"Our strong business performance has driven total shareholder returns that have outperformed our peers. — Autodesk Board and Management"

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 1
quote timeline

"“They were not determined not to be a pyramid. That would be inaccurate... I do not endorse [Icahn’s] statement.” – Chairwoman Ramirez"

Herbalife · HLF Pershing Square · p. 9
quote villain critique

"We'd like to take four king rooms. Furthermore, is there a possibility for a discount because of the duration of the stay? — Requester"

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 247
callout timeline

"For the five years prior to Starboard’s 13D, Office Depot’s stock declined by 87%, compared to the 75% increase since our 13D filing."

Office Depot, Inc. · ODP Starboard Value · p. 10
callout villain critique

"We believe it is clear that the Board approved the $500 million Preferred Financing to “buy the vote” and dilute common stockholders."

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 95