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quote villain critique

"Boeing and Airbus may have used 'counterfeit' titanium in planes, FAA says — NBC News"

IperionX Ltd. · IPX Spruce Point Capital · p. 48
quote precedent table

""...Seeo, one of the hottest advanced battery startups in Silicon Valley..." — Quartz"

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 174
quote villain critique

"IonQ Triples Expectation for 2021 Contract Bookings — IonQ Press Release, Sep 9, 2021"

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 150
quote appendix data

"Mr Harwood KC, for Mr Galloway, answers “yes” to all three questions. — Mr Harwood KC"

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 30
quote transition

"TRUST ME, HAROLD, IT'S NOT OR DEMAND... IT'S SUPPLY AND DEMAND — Non Sequitur cartoon"

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 68
quote villain critique

""Now also as of 2 weeks ago, 2 rolling mills here that are in there..." — May 6, 2016"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 108
quote villain critique

"PHILLIPS 66'S ARGUMENTS ON VALUE CREATION "DISCONNECTED FROM...REALITY" — Glass Lewis"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 4
quote valuation reveal

"According to analyst Lake Street, 83% of Ballard’s value is “potential” new business."

Ballard Power Systems · BLDP Spruce Point Capital · p. 56
quote thesis headline

"A former employee we interviewed commented that it was "impossible" — Former Employee"

C3.ai, Inc. · AI Spruce Point Capital · p. 8
quote villain critique

"Indonesia bans sex outside of marriage: Will new laws affect tourists too? — Euronews"

Hims & Hers Health, Inc. · HIMS Spruce Point Capital · p. 78
quote ceo quote

"「レーザーテックの装置が使われているのはペリクル検査ができる唯一のものだからだが、じつはできない。『嘘をついたのです』」 — KLAで極端紫外線マスク検査を担当した元幹部"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 187
quote villain critique

"「発売直後に購入台数をなるべく多くしたいために、場合によってA150と値段を割り引いたA300の交換を考えてもいい、と言いました」 — マーベル・テクノロジーの上席従業員"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 236
quote transition

"Sometimes the future is bright, sometimes it’s dark—it’s all cyclical. — Frank Cotham"

Core Laboratories · CLB Greenlight Capital · p. 48
quote appendix data

"Mr Harwood KC, for Mr Galloway, answers “yes” to all three questions. — Mr Harwood KC"

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 35
quote villain critique

"No they do not cover these. They cover the bottles and tanks. — 1st Class Medical Rep"

Inogen · INGN Citron Research · p. 7
quote nominee bio

"Ishihara describes NowNaw as "the American equivalent of TikTok." — Norihiko Ishihara"

Datasection, Inc. · 3905.TYO Wolfpack Research · p. 12
quote villain critique

"Zillow to exit its home buying business, cut 25% of staff — Anna Bahney, CNN Business"

Zillow Group, Inc. · Z Spruce Point Capital · p. 34
quote villain critique

"REPORT: The FTC has decided that Herbalife is not a pyramid scheme — Business Insider"

Herbalife · HLF Pershing Square · p. 39
quote villain critique

""Maddox only goes through Burnette", and "Burnette is my guy" — FBI indictment quotes"

Trulieve Cannabis Corp · TRUL Grizzly Research · p. 11
quote villain critique

"All the girls are travelling with adult man who are above 18 years old. — M. Vladimir"

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 177
quote villain critique

"we introduced a working prototype of the Nanox.ARC in February 2020 — NNOX Prospectus"

Nano-X Imaging Ltd. · NNOX Muddy Waters · p. 12
callout ceo quote

"We believe these new disclosures signal that the take rate will continue to decline."

Remitly Global, Inc. · RELY Spruce Point Capital · p. 40
callout demand list

"A buyback or increased dividend will amplify the value creation opportunities at AAP"

Advance Auto Parts · AAP Starboard Value · p. 20
callout comparison table

"BWLD's franchise operation = a high margin royalty stream that grows without capital"

callout peer gap

"We found Genius to be an outlier with significantly higher figures for both metrics."

Genius Sports Limited · GENI Spruce Point Capital · p. 22
callout villain critique

"Move into fresh food with $1.55 billion deal for Bolthouse Farms has been a disaster"

Campbell Soup Company · CPB Third Point · p. 15
callout villain critique

"Strategic and operational blunders have tanked sales, operating profit, and earnings"

Campbell Soup Company · CPB Third Point · p. 23
callout villain critique

"Actual Income Taxes, Net of Refunds Keeps Rising Despite Negative Effective Tax Rate"

Avery Dennison Corporation · AVY Spruce Point Capital · p. 51
callout villain critique

"We believe the Preferred Financing was done to “buy the vote” and entrench the Board"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 91
callout demand list

"Box must make its customers’ business outcomes the singular focus of every employee."

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 140
callout process diagram

"It ultimately attracted a bunch of lower-quality subscribers with much higher churn."

Peloton Interactive · PTON Greenlight Capital · p. 13
callout villain critique

"Phillips 66 Annual Report tells a different story about relative shareholder returns"

Phillips 66 · PSX Carl Icahn · p. 7
callout sop buildup

"A $350 million portfolio sale would generate little-to-no tax or debt breakage costs"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 276
callout appendix data

"This rapid transition remains a massive challenge and appears increasingly unlikely."

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 6
callout villain critique

"GoDaddy is expected to miss its 2024 free cash flow target by more than $150 million"

GoDaddy, News Corp, Fortrea Starboard Value · p. 22
callout villain critique

"If they chose 30C, like the other slides, it would be harder to achieve this result."

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 68
callout villain critique

"We believe this decision was ill-advised, and shareholders have suffered as a result"

Target Corporation · TGT Pershing Square · p. 48
callout other

"We add 1 + 1 using a 2 bit classical adder circuit mapped on to the quantum circuit."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 114
callout ceo quote

"Without this Q4 contribution, IonQ’s illusion of “growth” would instantly evaporate."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 155
callout villain critique

"Hess is incapable of managing both (evidenced by severe cost overruns in the Bakken)"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 98
callout peer gap

"Viacom Still Needs to Reduce Headcount by Another 10% to Bring it in Line With Peers"

Viacom · VIAB SpringOwl · p. 45
callout ceo quote

"In 2020, Autodesk again committed to reaching growth + profit of 55% - 65% by FY2023"

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 23
callout appendix data

"$41,768,000 = JOE's carrying value of residential real estate for Franklin County(1)"

The St. Joe Company · JOE Greenlight Capital · p. 97
callout transition

"The Market’s Reaction to News of Ancora’s Involvement Shows Shareholders Want Change"

callout ceo quote

"Huntsman CLEARLY promises to Monetize Its REMAINING Stake in Venator for ~$1 Billion"

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 35
callout sop buildup

"A $350 million portfolio sale would generate little-to-no tax or debt breakage costs"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 276
callout peer gap

"It is not only the most prolific acreage; its gas is by far the cheapest to produce."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 55
callout peer gap

"CONSOL has done even worse because the market insists it's nothing but a coal stock."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 58