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Callouts & quotes from 37,061+ activist slides

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quote executive summary

""We are excited about capital" — Agba Group CEO Wing Fai Ng on 5/24/24"

AGBA Group · AGBA White Diamond Research · p. 2
quote villain critique

"potential to improve workflow with a pliable catheter — Unnamed Expert"

Pulse Biosciences · PLSE White Diamond Research · p. 3
callout other

"Initial 2024 Adj. EPS guidance missed expectations by over $1.00/shr!"

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 59
callout kpi overview

"On average, free cash¹ has historically averaged ~14% of our fund AUM"

Unknown · p. 11
callout other

"As of June 30, 2023, Sunrun reports Subscribers 20.9% higher than EIA"

Sunrun Inc. · RUN Muddy Waters · p. 14
callout villain critique

"Issuing 20% of revenue in equity while growing 10% is not sustainable"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 14
callout villain critique

"Box has a history of underachieving relative to investor expectations"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 42
callout villain critique

"There are serious issues with the repeated use of negative discretion"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 108
callout villain critique

"“Cadillac” ESPPs are not in the best interests of common stockholders"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 111
callout demand list

"We kindly ask you, as a fiduciary of your own clients, to vote "FOR"."

BlackRock · BLK Bluebell Capital · p. 6
callout ceo quote

"ANALYSTS SEE TRAPPED VALUE, BUT MANAGEMENT HAS REFUSED TO TAKE ACTION"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 23
callout villain critique

"IonQ’s top holders are the some of the usual purveyors of SPAC trash."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 10
callout villain critique

"Outside IonQ, people laugh at the kinds of things Peter Chapman says."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 26
callout cover

"Hess is our largest initial equity investment in our 36-year history."

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 5
callout ceo quote

"Hess Claimed Its Reaction Was a Plan That Had Been in Place for Years"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 91
callout ceo quote

"Dauman Got Double His Wish With Both Hosts Decamping Viacom Last Year"

Viacom · VIAB SpringOwl · p. 64
callout transition

"The Transaction gives Allergan shareholders ~43% ownership of Val-gan"

Allergan, Inc. · AGN Pershing Square · p. 69
callout kpi overview

"We believe Fluor is now positioned to focus on healthy backlog growth"

Fluor Corporation · FLR Starboard Value · p. 18
callout ceo quote

"WORST PERFORMANCE OF ANY S&P 500 CEO ON THE JOB FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 43
callout ceo quote

"Strategy is not “all of the above”, it is inherently about trade-offs"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 134
callout valuation reveal

"Achieving these goals will require Arconic to bring in new leadership"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 307
callout nominee bio

"We have clear objectives and steps to accomplish a turnaround of DND:"

Dye & Durham Limited · DND Engine Capital · p. 41
callout villain critique

"Premier Health Constitutes Yet Another Suspected Inflated Transaction"

NMC Health plc · NMC.LN Muddy Waters · p. 11
callout cover

"本改定後TOBが成立することがあれば、日本におけるコーポレートガバナンス、少数株主の権利、および公正なM&Aにとって大きな後退となります。"

Toyota Industries Corporation · 6201 Elliott Management · p. 1
callout kpi overview

"Total Backlog To Revenue Declined Led By A Large Drop in the Americas"

WSP Global Inc. · WSP Spruce Point Capital · p. 28
callout other

"The mobile security app market is much harder than NQ makes it appear"

NQ Mobile Inc. · NQ Muddy Waters · p. 40
callout ceo quote

"So why does the Company spend less and less on R&D every single year?"

WD-40 Company · WDFC Spruce Point Capital · p. 13
callout other

"These represent potential significant problems for AGO in the future."

Assured Guaranty · AGO Greenlight Capital · p. 61
callout precedent table

"C3's share price declined by 60% hitting $10.16 on December 28, 2022."

Samsara Inc. · IOT Spruce Point Capital · p. 4
callout other

"If you can't deliver on your commitments, we'll find someone who can."

Saputo Inc. · TSX:SAP Spruce Point Capital · p. 69
callout other

"The joke at Saputo was we're going to fill you 100%, 50% of the time."

Saputo Inc. · TSX:SAP Spruce Point Capital · p. 68
callout cover

"“THE UGLY ELF” / STRONG SELL OPINION / E.L.F. Beauty Inc. | NYSE: ELF"

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. · ELF Spruce Point Capital · p. 1
callout ceo quote

"In reality, most divestiture proceeds were recycled into acquisitions"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 56
callout villain critique

"Cumulative free cash flow was ~11% BELOW the 2018 Investor Day target"

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 21
callout villain critique

"Cumulative free cash flow was ~11% BELOW the 2018 Investor Day target"

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 60
callout villain critique

"TWX, on several occasions, has missed the opportunity to acquire MGM."

Time Warner Inc. · TWX Carl Icahn · p. 112