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quote villain critique

"“the company’s leading surgeon in California” — Saverio La Francesca LinkedIn bio"

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 220
quote villain critique

"“horrible, painful deaths” — Unspecified source regarding Macchiarini's patients."

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 222
quote villain critique

"Jennifer Miller...shines brightly as an inspiration... — Univ. of Florida FB page"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 262
callout kpi overview

"We find that revenue per active customer and per send volume has been declining."

Remitly Global, Inc. · RELY Spruce Point Capital · p. 35
callout section divider

"The Company has lost approximately $20 to $60 billion in market value since 2019"

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 10
callout kpi overview

"Shareholders have endured substantial declines in ROIC under the incumbent Board"

Campbell Soup Company · CPB Third Point · p. 25
callout villain critique

"It’s noteworthy that “Acquisition EBITDA” fell materially by 38.5% sequentially."

GFL Environmental Inc. · GFL Spruce Point Capital · p. 59
callout ceo quote

"Dovigi described it as "one of the premiere liquid waste businesses in the U.S.""

GFL Environmental Inc. · GFL Spruce Point Capital · p. 89
callout appendix disclosure

"Investors in PSH may lose all, or substantially all, of their investment in PSH."

Unknown · p. 81
callout villain critique

"The majority of the Board was comprised of insiders or venture capital investors"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 118
callout villain critique

"There has not been a single open market purchase of stock in the last five years"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 130
callout thesis headline

"We believed APD’s EBIT margins (15.5%) could approach comparable Praxair (22.5%)"

Unknown · p. 26
callout other

"This is unequivocally false and simply amounts to fear-mongering by the Company."

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 3
callout villain critique

"Stopped explaining DSO change and contract asset revenue errors/revision appears"

Dycom Industries, Inc. · DY Spruce Point Capital · p. 32
callout precedent table

"We believe Darden’s issues can be fixed and create significant shareholder value"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 86
callout villain critique

"We believe the corporate office is a symbol of management's misguided priorities"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 97
callout villain critique

"What they're finding with solid-state batteries is that it's much less tolerant."

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 154
callout ceo quote

"FL Mobile reserves the right to take legal measures against responsible parties."

NQ Mobile (NetQin) · NQ Muddy Waters · p. 10
callout ceo quote

"there’s no money involved in the current partnership and no money changing hands"

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 138
callout ceo quote

"In 2018, Autodesk committed to reaching $2.4 billion of free cash flow in FY2023"

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 18
callout other

"Beachfront lot sold in WindMark Phase I in October 2009 Sales price: $350,000(1)"

The St. Joe Company · JOE Greenlight Capital · p. 111
callout other

"Before its eventual write-down, Victoria Park’s carrying value was $78.8 million"

The St. Joe Company · JOE Greenlight Capital · p. 120
callout nominee bio

"Underperformance of this magnitude and duration demands change in the board room"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 47
callout demand list

"60% operating ratio, continue to move toward perpetual best-in-class performance"

callout executive summary

"Management’s Spin-Out Proposal will PERMANENTLY IMPAIR the Value of the Business"

American Capital, Ltd. · ACAS Elliott Management · p. 5
callout ceo quote

"Huntsman promised organic annual Adjusted EBITDA growth of 10% from 2018 – 2020."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 15
callout other

"Verizon is a $169 billion dollar company. Edgio’s market cap is ... $60 million."

Edgio, Inc. · EGIO Citron Research · p. 6
callout precedent table

"We believe Darden’s issues can be fixed and create significant shareholder value"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 86
callout villain critique

"We believe the corporate office is a symbol of management’s misguided priorities"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 97
callout scqa situation

"And this is the graph of CONSOL, an energy company that has gone from $40 to $7."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 4
callout villain critique

"Taken as a whole, we believe this segment will be highly problematic for Evoqua."

Xylem Inc. · XYL Spruce Point Capital · p. 63
callout ceo quote

"Each of Arconic’s businesses missed their 3-year targets for revenue and profits"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 69
callout villain critique

"Management never explained to shareholders why Warrick was moved to Upstream Co."

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 108
callout other

"Sotheby’s has clear opportunities to grow and become stronger over the long-term"

Sotheby's · BID Third Point · p. 24
callout sop buildup

"Valeant management has increased the value of B&L from $8.7bn to more than $21bn"

Unknown · p. 20
callout other

"In contrast, David Li did not personally invest in Bigo until December 14, 2014."

Joyy Inc. · YY Muddy Waters · p. 55
callout villain critique

"Since 2022, ~73% (eight of 11) of the CEO's direct reports have left the Company"

Dye & Durham Limited · DND Engine Capital · p. 22
callout peer gap

"Growth predominantly by acquisition. Just 2% of net headcount added among peers."

WSP Global Inc. · WSP Spruce Point Capital · p. 24
callout section divider

"Pershing spoke with franchisees from around the world. Here’s what they told us:"

McDonald's Corporation · MCD Pershing Square · p. 12
callout appendix methodology

"To estimate 2015 revenues per program, we used the following data and estimates:"

2U, Inc. · TWOU Spruce Point Capital · p. 46
callout sop buildup

"Valuation: A revolutionary asset worth USD500m-700m unknown to the equity market"

Rubicon Limited · RBC Sandell · p. 12