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callout executive summary

"Therefore our per share valuation is currently $5.28, but is subject to change should we believe that the cash number is incorrect."

callout demand list

"If elected to the Board, Trian’s nominees will ensure that Disney articulates a DTC strategy that provides clarity on these topics:"

The Walt Disney Company · DIS Trian Partners · p. 98
callout kpi overview

"The GSEs generated consistent profits and high ROEs at historical g-fee levels because of limited credit losses and limited capital"

callout section divider

"Phillips' problems originate from its inefficient conglomerate structure, which obscures value and hinders operational performance."

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 26
callout ceo quote

"Everything converging on delivering this feasibility study for RPM by the end of 2025. All of our resources are going towards that."

Nova Minerals Limited · NVA Spruce Point Capital · p. 17
callout villain critique

"With no reimbursement limit, TransMedics has free reign for price gouging – and transplant centers just pass it on to the taxpayer."

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 26
callout kpi overview

"Now with the China story having cracked, we believe AOS will be dependent on organic North American growth to support its momentum."

A.O. Smith Corporation · AOS Spruce Point Capital · p. 14
callout villain critique

"It’s primarily related to locking us in in order to use the OCS team, flights, their modules, and everything, versus using our own."

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 65
callout villain critique

"Waleed literally stood up and said, 'Who are you and why do you think you can sit at my table?' It was very upsetting and insulting"

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 254
callout other

"In 2000, we began to expand our business beyond our traditional real estate activities, and to fully embrace our activist strategy."

callout villain critique

"The assertion by Miller (June 2025) that 60% of entry patients at baseline had prediabetes or diabetes is, of course, preposterous."

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 125
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

"In the absence of this information - given the already absurd n=3 - the steady plasma estimate of poor metabolizers is meaningless."

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 145
callout villain critique

"No separation vs. placebo after weeks 2 and 3, whether looking at absolute ESS scores or the decline from baseline to final outcome"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 222
callout villain critique

"High turnover among field reimbursement staff allegedly due to speaker program abuse and pressure to enable off-label prescriptions"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 353
callout villain critique

"IS UNETHICAL (EVEN ILLEGAL) BEHAVIOR IN AMT'S CORPORATE DNA? AT THE LEAST, WE SEE A CORPORATE CULTURE THAT REWARDS UNMANAGED RISKS."

American Tower Corp · AMT Muddy Waters · p. 16
callout ceo quote

"A recent Tegus interview conducted Oct 4, 2021 of a former Zimmer Biomet Orthopedic employee shed light on their “placement” deals."

Stryker Corp. · SYK Spruce Point Capital · p. 119
callout appendix data

"In an LBO, we care more about Levered Free Cash Flow because the cash flow after interest expense is what we can use to repay debt."

N/A 99_Other · p. 65
callout other

"This large discrepancy in advances from advertising customers represents RMB 1.61 billion (~$230 million) of missing cash payments."

Qutoutiao, Inc. · QTT Wolfpack Research · p. 6
callout villain critique

"In an independent survey, Southwest ranked last on every metric and investors expressed low confidence in management’s capabilities"

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 49
callout villain critique

"This erases any doubt that GTS is related to INS/CoreCard, seeing as two CoreCard employees have registered email addresses at GTS."

Intelligent Systems Corp · INS Grizzly Research · p. 20
callout villain critique

"We are quite confused to how this happened considering Charlie pled guilty to two federal charges two months prior, in August 2020."

Ramaco Resources, Inc. · METC Wolfpack Research · p. 9
callout other

"GreenPower is limited to only selling in California since California’s state subsidy program doesn’t require Buy America standards."

GreenPower Motor Company · GP White Diamond Research · p. 22
callout villain critique

"Can you send the link to pay? Also you did not reply about the condoms — can you leave a pack in each room? Girls are naughty haha."

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 265
callout ceo quote

"This is evidence that SGH’s management knows its Brazil business will not rebound, in contrast to what they are telling the market."

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. · SGH Wolfpack Research · p. 11
callout kpi overview

"We reconstructed new and total commercial systems from the graph above to the total of 424 in Q2 2019 (added 55 systems from Q2 19)"

Accelerate Diagnostics · AXDX White Diamond Research · p. 18
callout villain critique

"Apparently GSX had fake students enroll in trial classes in this incident to give positive reviews and encourage others to sign up."

GSX Techedu Inc. · GSX Grizzly Research · p. 26
callout transition

"I’ve said the value investing industry is dead. However, value investing and the value investing industry are two different things."

Solvay SA · SOLB BB Greenlight Capital · p. 3
callout villain critique

"The below table summarizes the issues we have identified with purported partners – we provide greater detail throughout the report."

Nano-X Imaging Ltd. · NNOX Muddy Waters · p. 3
quote cover

"the Board has no appetite for M&A — Colleen Moorehead (Chair). The Board’s priority is to reduce debt. — Colleen Moorehead (Chair)."

Dye & Durham Limited · DND Engine Capital · p. 1
quote appendix data

"The first mistake is routine and the second mistake, don't contest everything. Those are real beginner errors. — Shareholder at AGM"

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 70
quote villain critique

""Enormous Opportunity" — Mason. "Wildly Profitable" — Lefkofsky. "Our proprietary ETM technology platform" — Echo Global Logistics."

Tempus AI, Inc. · TEM Spruce Point Capital · p. 15
quote villain critique

"Our interviews with DGW's competitors indicate that the typical production cycle for DGW's products is 30 to 60 days. — Footnote 21"

quote villain critique

"Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud — Deloitte Independent Auditor Report"

Saputo Inc. · TSX:SAP Spruce Point Capital · p. 93
quote villain critique

"“I do. There were several of us here who said we were afraid that they had bugged our Slack channel.” — Senior employee at Joyn Bio"

Ginkgo Bioworks · DNA Scorpion Capital · p. 125
quote villain critique

"the company actually contracted the distilling portion to a separate company in Indiana (aka MGPI). — Templeton Rye video statement"

MGP Ingredients, Inc. · MGPI Spruce Point Capital · p. 24
quote peer gap

"Key Assumptions: “Revenue at around USD13.5 billion for FY20, increasing by low single-digits over FY21-FY23” — Fitch Credit Review"

Amcor plc · AMCR Spruce Point Capital · p. 18
quote demand list

""the operational measurement of success will be [Pfizer's] ability to have a constant flow of breakthrough innovation" — Management"

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 71
quote precedent table

"Elliott played a significant role in encouraging the change in Brocade's management and in laying out the opportunity for the board"

Juniper Networks · JNPR Elliott Management · p. 25
quote cover

"The first time I spoke here was in 2002. It is amazing how this great event has grown, and I am honored to be here. — David Einhorn"

athenahealth · ATHN Greenlight Capital · p. 1
quote process diagram

"Akcionář čestně prohlašuje, že je jediným akcionářem akciové společnosti WXZ1 a.s. — Czech Commercial Register filing for WXZ1 a.s."

quote appendix data

"This electric shock is painful and excruciating, it is literally torture, you cannot sleep at all while Inspire is doing “its job”."

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. · INSP Wolfpack Research · p. 50
quote villain critique

"holds shared investment and voting power over the [shares], pursuant to an informal, unwritten agreement — DJ Fund Investments LLC."

B. Riley Financial, Inc. · RILY Wolfpack Research · p. 3
quote precedent table

"Seldane Should Be Taken Off Market, Fda Says Antihistamine Blamed For Deaths When Combined With Other Drugs — New York Times (1997)"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 52
quote villain critique

"Concomitant administration of WAKIX with strong CYP2D6 inhibitors increases pitolisant exposure by 2.2-fold. — WAKIX Package Insert"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 139
quote villain critique

"Can you send the link to pay? Also you did not reply about the condoms — can you leave a pack in each room? Girls are naughty haha."

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 265
quote ceo quote

"We finished the construction of a cleanroom at the new site and started operation in July 2023 — Lasertec presentation, Aug 7 2023."

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 312
callout villain critique

"Using a reverse image search tool, we find that Remitly has used stock images of customers to present them as if they are genuine."

Remitly Global, Inc. · RELY Spruce Point Capital · p. 10
callout villain critique

"At Phillips 66, the Board has consistently awarded above-target bonuses even when management failed their cost-control objectives."

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

"Both Sunnova and Generac have made zero disclosures about any of the specific financial details of their distribution partnership."

Generac Holdings, Inc. · GNRC Spruce Point Capital · p. 116
callout villain critique

"Four months later, on April 3, 2012 and July 1, 2012, Manhattan EnergyOne assigned mineral rights to SandRidge in adjacent acreage"

SandRidge Energy · SD TPG-Axon · p. 21
callout peer gap

"Box's stock price has increased by a meager 5% in six years, while its Peer Group has gained more than 500% during this same time."

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 25