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Callouts & quotes from 3,960+ activist slides

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callout valuation reveal

"We believe Southwest represents the most compelling airline turnaround opportunity in the last 20 years"

Southwest Airlines · LUV Elliott Management · p. 24
callout villain critique

"With a troubled IT and ERP, we believe investors should be skittish about Avery’s financial reporting."

Avery Dennison Corporation · AVY Spruce Point Capital · p. 29
callout villain critique

"We believe the current financial situation at the Exchange is similar to the 2000 to 2002 time period."

Erie Indemnity Company · ERIE Spruce Point Capital · p. 12
callout demand list

"Under new leadership, we believe UNP's stock price has the potential to double over the next two years"

callout villain critique

"We believe Party City Canada will end in a similar unsuccessful fashion as Party City and Helly Hansen"

Canadian Tire Corporation · CTC.A Spruce Point Capital · p. 42
callout villain critique

"Customers believe the products quality and lasting duration justify speeding a premium price for JB-80"

WD-40 Company · WDFC Spruce Point Capital · p. 34
callout demand list

"We believe voting AGAINST the proposed acquisition of Celgene is in the best interests of shareholders"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 197
callout section divider

"We Believe Samsara’s Aggressive Accounting Policies Massively Inflate Gross Margins And EBITDA Margins"

Samsara Inc. · IOT Spruce Point Capital · p. 23
callout executive summary

"We believe this comparison would be more relevant to PeptiDream if the Jaguar were missing its wheels."

PeptiDream, Inc. · 4587 JP Muddy Waters · p. 2
callout villain critique

"Spruce Point believes this shows a clear misalignment of interests between shareholders and investors."

Stryker Corp. · SYK Spruce Point Capital · p. 169
callout kpi overview

"Despite significant share price appreciation, we believe QSR remains a compelling long-term investment"

Unknown · p. 18
callout peer gap

"We believe Ferguson's blended branch business should be valued in-line with specialty RMI distributors"

Ferguson plc · FERG Trian Partners · p. 7
callout timeline

"Spruce Point believes the MA case will get moved to federal court and ultimately a petition to SCOTUS."

DraftKings Inc. · DKNG Spruce Point Capital · p. 12
callout ceo quote

"FIGS likes to speak about its tenured management team, but we believe the reality is quite different."

FIGS, Inc. · FIGS Spruce Point Capital · p. 48
callout ceo quote

"We believe Darden needs to follow the words it once said and revive the brand with excellent leaders."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 62
callout executive summary

"We believe Autodesk can achieve 45%+ Adj. Operating Margins and $3.4 billion of Adj. EBITDA by FY2027"

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 4
callout executive summary

"We believe the Company is fundamentally misvalued by Wall Street and is more levered than it appears."

PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. · PWSC Spruce Point Capital · p. 8
callout villain critique

"We believe Huntsman is attempting to deceive shareholders regarding its track record on relative TSR."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 58
callout ceo quote

"We believe Darden needs to follow the words it once said and revive the brand with excellent leaders."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 62
callout demand list

"With a seven-year extension, we believe the Company would be able to repay existing creditors in full"

General Growth Properties · GGP Pershing Square · p. 4
callout process diagram

"We believe there is an opportunity to reduce costs by increasing regional manufacturing capabilities."

GCP Applied Technologies · GCP Starboard Value · p. 73
callout villain critique

"The stock is currently trading above consensus targets which we believe make it a poor risk / reward."

Uranium Energy Corp · UEC Spruce Point Capital · p. 36
callout transition

"We believe that the approximate one-third decline on the day of the ruling was a market overreaction."

Unknown · p. 54
callout executive summary

"We believe Autodesk can achieve 45%+ Adj. Operating Margins and $3.4 billion of Adj. EBITDA by FY2027"

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 4
callout villain critique

"Our research leads us to believe that Nuvei has in fact served merchants in the adult film industry."

Nuvei Corp · NVEI Spruce Point Capital · p. 52
callout ceo quote

"We believe TROX can easily pay between $24 – $43/share in cash and remain conservatively capitalized"

callout peer gap

"We believe that IPX has not provided a standardized schedule of operating costs across time periods."

IperionX Ltd. · IPX Spruce Point Capital · p. 43
callout ceo quote

"Huntsman is playing make-believe and crafting a deceptive narrative based on a fictitious portfolio."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 9
callout demand list

"We believe Olive Garden has forgotten its main objective is to deliver value to their core customer."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 215
callout ceo quote

"Engine believes change at the Board level is warranted given the exceptional stock underperformance."

Dye & Durham Limited · DND Engine Capital · p. 49
callout transition

"Spruce Point believes that Dropbox will increasingly struggle to grow with scale as it turns to M&A."

Dropbox, Inc. · DBX Spruce Point Capital · p. 28
callout process diagram

"We believe implementation of cell culture optimization could result in a meaningful cost improvement"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 172
callout other

"We believe restructuring sales force incentives could better incentivize margin-maximizing behavior."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 212
callout peer gap

"We believe Huntsman has an opportunity to streamline its legal, risk, and engineering organizations."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 237
callout villain critique

"If this is a failed mining venture involving CFO Man, then we believe UEC investors deserve to know."

Uranium Energy Corp · UEC Spruce Point Capital · p. 31
callout ceo quote

"I saw a lot of stuff, but I have a limited view. I believe that this was being done far more widely."

Ginkgo Bioworks · DNA Scorpion Capital · p. 72
callout sop buildup

"We believe the Sandell Plan will deliver value of 156p to 191p per share for FirstGroup shareholders"

FirstGroup plc · FGP Sandell · p. 36
callout sop buildup

"The value of the interest savings is large, which we believe would more than offset the upfront cost"

FirstGroup plc · FGP Sandell · p. 50
callout ceo quote

"Do the External Directors believe Kao should develop medical treatments and enzyme-driven batteries?"

Kao Corporation · 4452 Oasis Management · p. 16
callout villain critique

"we believe the emphasis placed on building out NutritionCo was a distraction from the core portfolio"

PepsiCo, Inc. · PEP Trian Partners · p. 20
quote villain critique

"The Company believes it is probable that this event will occur in the second quarter of 2019. — NBEV"

New Age Beverage Corp. · NBEV Grizzly Research · p. 19
callout villain critique

"The mathematician Gil Kalai believes that quantum computers can't possibly work, even in principle."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 17
callout other

"We believe Tripadvisor’s data could also be monetized through more significant licensing agreements"

Tripadvisor, Inc. · TRIP Starboard Value · p. 39
callout demand list

"we believe Yahoo should hire a financial advisor to sell the Core Business as a taxable asset sale."

Yahoo! Inc. · YHOO Starboard Value · p. 3
callout ceo quote

"Therefore, on what basis are investors to believe anything the CEO claims about long-term revenues?"

Super Micro Computer, Inc. · SMCI Spruce Point Capital · p. 13
callout villain critique

"We believe the Board has failed to address two of the most troubling legacy directors on the Board."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 137
callout ceo quote

"Spruce Point believes that self-indexing poses a large and growing threat to MSCI's Index business."

MSCI Inc. · MSCI Spruce Point Capital · p. 31
callout peer gap

"Thus, we believe its peers do not exploit this accounting trick to materially boost EBITDA margins."

FTAI Aviation Ltd. · FTAI Muddy Waters · p. 31
callout ceo quote

"We believe the new administration will work with Congress to successfully reform Fannie and Freddie"

Unknown · p. 52