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callout appendix methodology

"Upon their review of the pitolisant data and FDA package, both experts expressed surprise that pitolisant was ever approved, with the hERG expert predicting an eventual recall due to its cardiotoxicity."

Harmony Biosciences · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 7
callout peer gap

"A review of BlackRock's thematic ETFs shows that just three of eighteen use MSCI indices as a benchmark. We believe this is an underwhelming penetration of MSCI-linked offerings from its largest client."

MSCI Inc. · MSCI Spruce Point Capital · p. 33
callout precedent table

"We’ve reviewed comparable acquisitions in the uniform rental and services space. Transaction multiples suggest businesses in this sector should be valued at approximately 1.8x and 9.5x sales and EBITDA."

Cintas Corp. · CTAS Spruce Point Capital · p. 66
callout villain critique

"FDA review clearly indicates its reliance on the lack of reported serious adverse events at the time of approval in 2019 – now contradicted by the facts (FDA CDER Clinical Review (Solages, Sep 28, 2020)"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 158
callout villain critique

"EMA review (Annex 1) indicated massive discontinuation rates, and indicated 12-mo ESS reduction lower than that purported in HARMONY 3 trial paper and no different than placebo reduction in prior trials"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 245
callout villain critique

"In the following table we see a few of the leading brands and can observe a clear pattern of a division between highly rated brands with thousands of reviews and poorly rated brands with less reviews."

Trustpilot Group PLC · TRST Grizzly Research · p. 5
callout other

"Though there will continue to be store closures in 2010, there will be store openings as well. More than half the companies we reviewed were either planning to add new stores or roll out new concepts"

callout villain critique

"Given our observations and concerns about revenue reporting and quality, we observe that DY has been increasing its audit-related fees for audit review and internal control over financial reporting."

Dycom Industries, Inc. · DY Spruce Point Capital · p. 37
callout appendix disclosure

"Since the Board announced its intended promotion of Mr. Shaw to CEO, Norfolk Southern has only changed for the worse and shareholders have only suffered, as evidenced by an objective review of data."

callout ceo quote

"Despite management’s rhetoric, we believe Disney has never thoroughly reviewed its cost structure, as evidenced by the fact that over the last three years costs have outpaced sales growth by ~400bps"

The Walt Disney Company · DIS Trian Partners · p. 34
quote villain critique

"there was a clear and direct correlation of pitolisant exposure with QTc prolongation and that “at supratherapeutic doses, QTc increases greater than 10 msec are anticipated.” — FDA clinical review"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 118
callout villain critique

"PowerSchool’s largest smartphone app, PowerSchool Mobile, has almost 34K reviews and has been downloaded over 5 million times on the Google Play store, carrying a mediocre 2.3-star average rating."

PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. · PWSC Spruce Point Capital · p. 52
callout villain critique

"The opinions that KOL's and former employees shared of the SENZA-RCT's lead investigator appear consistent with patient reviews – with one patient warning "Please beware this clinic and this man.""

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 65
quote villain critique

"The IRS audited one of our investment funds covered by our 2018 insurance policy in an audit involving a review of the fair market value determination of our solar energy — RUN Q2 2021 10-Q, p. 75"

Sunrun Inc. · RUN Muddy Waters · p. 20
callout other

"Negative sentiment abounds on recent reviews of the Dropbox app at the Google Play store. While Dropbox claims stable and improving churn, the anecdotal evidence points in the opposite direction."

Dropbox, Inc. · DBX Spruce Point Capital · p. 35
callout villain critique

"Heska says it has dramatically increased its level of innovation and product development and frequently embellishes its capabilities, but the evidence we’ve reviewed does not support these claims"

Heska Corporation · HSKA Spruce Point Capital · p. 9
callout ceo quote

"However, this claim of a scientific breakthrough is Ambry's own characterization, based on their internal data and not an independent, peer-reviewed publication at the time of the announcement."

Tempus AI, Inc. · TEM Spruce Point Capital · p. 61
callout executive summary

"McGraw-Hill must move past long overdue "reviews" and finally execute on transforming its corporate structure to improve operating performance and realize the true value potential of its assets"

callout villain critique

"The FDA’s reviewer’s conclusion – shown below – exhibits no awareness that a 2 point reduction in ESS is a failure: “HARMONY 1-bis provides confirmatory evidence of pitolisant’s effect on EDS.”"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 231
callout demand list

"In reviewing alternatives for Target, Pershing Square’s objective was to eliminate the stock market’s ascribed discount to the intrinsic value of Target’s real estate and allow the Company to:"

Target Corporation · TGT Pershing Square · p. 7
callout villain critique

"Above is a screen shot of another repetitive comment, review. This time, Liang identified as many as 25 comments that were identical and repeated by different users in different WeChat groups."

GSX Techedu Inc. · GSX Grizzly Research · p. 27
quote appendix data

"The ventilation of Agreed Issue [A1.4c] attracted resistance from the Council and the Developer. They characterised it as inappropriate ‘rolling judicial review’. But this resistance subsided."

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 15
callout other

"Thus, we expect that one of the SDAX companies will officially replace HelloFresh in the MDAX in the next index review announcement on December 3, 2025 with effective date on December 22nd."

HelloFresh SE · HFG Grizzly Research · p. 26
quote villain critique

"Most patients who receive pitolisant are unlikely to reach exposures seen with the 106.8 mg dose, as the highest recommended dose is 35.6 mg once daily. — FDA CDER Clinical Review, Dec 2018"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 129
callout villain critique

"Nine of the deaths are noted in a table on p10 of the CDER review. Six were sudden deaths (four found dead at home) that could have been due to heart failure – no autopsies were performed."

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 155
callout villain critique

"A strategic review of the Security business and an evaluation of the spend and strategy around the Switching business are both appropriate and timely given the failures in these two areas"

Juniper Networks · JNPR Elliott Management · p. 21
callout sop buildup

"Molton Brown has excellent brand equity and there is huge scope for margin improvement by expanding into less seasonal categories and reviewing its manufacturing and pricing architecture."

Kao Corporation · 4452.JP Oasis Management · p. 46
callout other

"Curél remains unavailable for retail in most of Europe outside of the UK, despite strong consumer reviews among European consumers who have purchased Curél (usually directly from Japan)."

Kao Corporation · 4452.JP Oasis Management · p. 55
callout valuation reveal

"Shareholders should vote “AGAINST” to stop Management from continuing the value destruction and to set a path to unlock value by engaging in a full diagnostic and review of ACAS' assets"

American Capital, Ltd. · ACAS Elliott Management · p. 31
callout villain critique

"Based on our wide-ranging conversations with transplant physicians, as well as an exhaustive review of the clinical literature, the answer to both of the above questions is clearly, No."

CareDx, Inc. · CDNA Kerrisdale Capital · p. 12
callout villain critique

"Given Verint's prioritization of management and sales over internal investment in R&D, employee reviews which suggest internal conflict and declining workplace morale do not surprise us"

Verint Systems, Inc. · VRNT Spruce Point Capital · p. 35
quote villain critique

"“CYP2D6 alleles tested and genotyping methods were appropriate for determining CYP2D6 PM [poor metabolizer] and NM [normal metabolizer] status.” — FDA CDER Clinical Pharmacology Review"

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

"Beyond these survey results, we believe a sampling of the Glassdoor reviews from anonymous employees of LivePerson provides ample evidence of the severe issues with corporate culture."

LivePerson, Inc. · LPSN Starboard Value · p. 2
callout villain critique

"Beyond these survey results, we believe a sampling of the Glassdoor reviews from anonymous employees of LivePerson provides ample evidence of the severe issues with corporate culture:"

LivePerson, Inc. · LPSN Starboard Value · p. 2
callout process diagram

"Elliott retained a “Big Four” accounting firm to review the implications of a Marathon separation and concluded that there is a path to minimal tax leakage and durable value creation"

Marathon Petroleum Corporation · MPC Elliott Management · p. 25
callout section divider

"Phillips 66's Board needs to execute a formal operational review of its refining business in order to understand the reasons behind lagging profitability – and how to reverse course."

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 80
callout appendix data

"TWC compares favorably to its industry peers across most of the ratings criteria discussed by Moody’s and S&P and in the benchmarking analysis that was reviewed in this presentation."

Time Warner Inc. · TWX Carl Icahn · p. 252
callout section divider

"Phillips 66’s Board needs to execute a formal operational review of its refining business in order to understand the reasons behind lagging profitability – and how to reverse course."

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 81
callout villain critique

"Reviews for Swift-Finance Ltd on Trustpilot show the typical markers of a financial scam, by users giving it 5 stars with unprecise everything-is-always-perfect-with-them rhetoric."

Trustpilot Group PLC · TRST Grizzly Research · p. 36
callout appendix data

"The claim for judicial review is allowed. (2) The planning permission (reference DM/22/01769/FPA) granted by the Council on 13th July 2023 for a solar farm at Burnhope is quashed."

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 42
callout appendix disclosure

"The claim for judicial review is allowed. (2) The planning permission (reference DM/22/01769/FPA) granted by the Council on 13th July 2023 for a solar farm at Burnhope is quashed."

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 47
callout ceo quote

"The very fact that the Board, in reviewing the leadership structure, does not detect any anomaly is the best demonstration of the lack of independent oversight within the Board."

BlackRock · BLK Bluebell Capital · p. 82
callout sop buildup

"After more than eleven months of a Strategic Review process, we believe management and the Board must drive the process to conclusion and commit to a separation of Classifieds."

eBay Inc. · EBAY Starboard Value · p. 3
callout villain critique

"Cintas needs to conduct a fully independent, and audited review of its Fire Protection Services workforce to make sure it is conducting its business in compliance with the law."

Cintas Corp. · CTAS Spruce Point Capital · p. 10
quote villain critique

"Parkland announced its determination that a strategic review is unnecessary and does not consider the best interests of the majority of our shareholders. — Parkland Corporation"

Parkland Corporation · PKI Engine Capital · p. 2
callout ceo quote

"The very fact that the Board in reviewing the leadership structure does not detect any anomaly is the best demonstration of the lack of independent oversight within the board."

BlackRock · BLK Bluebell Capital · p. 2
callout appendix data

"In the papers and textbooks we reviewed, nephrologists appear to agree that serum-creatinine-based measurements of GFR become less accurate as chronic kidney disease advances."

quote villain critique

"When you attach materials to your entries for judges' review, consider that judges have only a few minutes to review and rate each entry. — Entry Preparation Tips from website"

Perion Network Ltd. · PERI Spruce Point Capital · p. 77
quote executive summary

"“Unfortunately, we haven't seen any evidence that Nuvei has changed any of the shady business practices that made the Pivotal Payments brand name so toxic.” — One review site"

Nuvei Corp · NVEI Spruce Point Capital · p. 6
callout villain critique

"A review of Bolloré's corporate governance practices demonstrates that unaffiliated shareholders must not support any slate put forward by Bolloré and his related companies"

Telecom Italia · TIT.MI Elliott Management · p. 26
callout before after

"BOOT was not featured as a sponsor in Google’s shopping tab search for “western boots” that we conducted and did not even appear as a top feature based on consumer reviews."

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. · BOOT Spruce Point Capital · p. 49
callout appendix disclosure

"We have the ability to consummate the transaction on an accelerated basis and are prepared to enter into a confidentiality agreement and commence our due diligence review."

QEP Resources, Inc. · QEP Elliott Management · p. 3
callout villain critique

"PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has not audited, reviewed, examined, compiled nor applied agreed-upon procedures with respect to these operational metrics or their components."

Sunnova Energy International Inc. · NOVA Spruce Point Capital · p. 60
callout valuation reveal

"Elliott believes that there are clearly identifiable steps to realize value at ACAS and that a capable Board actively overseeing a strategic review can unlock this value"

American Capital, Ltd. · ACAS Elliott Management · p. 32
callout villain critique

"While backlog does not have a standardized definition, based on our review, we believe that ROAD incorporates extremely liberal and aggressive interpretation of backlog."

Construction Partners, Inc. · ROAD Spruce Point Capital · p. 25
callout villain critique

"We can locate no peer-reviewed publication for the withdrawal study – a troubling and unusual fact – but Miller’s name is once again on the title page of its slide deck."

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 260
callout demand list

"A new board-level committee, assisted by independent advisors, will lead a comprehensive business review to modernize Southwest and restore best-in-class profitability"

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 46
callout demand list

"A new board-level committee, assisted by independent advisors, will lead a comprehensive business review to modernize Southwest and restore best-in-class profitability"

Unknown · p. 57
callout demand list

"A new board-level committee, assisted by independent advisors, will lead a comprehensive business review to modernize Southwest and restore best-in-class profitability"

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 46
callout demand list

"A new board-level committee, assisted by independent advisors, will lead a comprehensive business review to modernize Southwest and restore best-in-class profitability"

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 57