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callout nominee bio

"Mr. Kasich is a former Ohio governor and congressman with significant regulatory, legislative and executive policy experience."

callout kpi overview

"Although AOL's core Access and Search businesses generate significant and valuable cash flow, these businesses are in decline."

AOL, Inc. · AOL Starboard Value · p. 10
callout villain critique

"It appears to be more than a casual mistake that Revenues and Net Income were overstated by 68% and 98%, respectively in 2018."

Leidos Holdings, Inc. · LDOS Spruce Point Capital · p. 35
callout transition

"We believe that the best way to do this is to make underperforming management teams and boards accountable or to replace them."

callout other

"the downside...is hyperglycemia and maybe some of the peripheral edema, fluid retention, maybe exacerbating some heart failure"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 76
callout villain critique

"The investigator stated Vykat is not a blockbuster drug and is only "trying it" here and there because "we have nothing else.""

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 317
callout villain critique

"In order to get in the study, you had to be able to demonstrate that you could swallow a pill...I don't know what to tell you."

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 321
callout transition

"The risk of the status quo is that Target may lose access to capital and not be able take advantage of the current environment"

Target Corporation · TGT Pershing Square · p. 44
callout villain critique

"Up to four-fold change in plasma levels at 90% confidence interval in poor CYP2D6 metabolizers despite only testing 3 patients"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 146
callout other

"There's simply not enough inventory at the prices we need. Magnite is aggregating long tail CTV inventory – the niche content."

Magnite, Inc. · MGNI Spruce Point Capital · p. 37
callout villain critique

"This is a false statement. The company misclassified sales as “Booked Annual Recurring Revenue” (BARR) which isn’t real sales."

authID Inc. · AUID White Diamond Research · p. 4
callout appendix disclosure

"You are reading a short-biased opinion piece. Obviously, we will make money if the price of the covered issuer stock declines."

UFP Technologies, Inc. · UFPT Wolfpack Research · p. 13
callout appendix disclosure

"You are reading a short-biased opinion piece. Obviously, we will make money if the price of the covered issuer stock declines."

IonQ Inc · IONQ Wolfpack Research · p. 31
callout villain critique

"Обращаем Ваше внимание, что в таком случае, размещение возможно только при предоставлении доверенности на сопровождение детей."

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 111
callout section divider

"SGH's business was built around Brazil's Processo Produtivo Básico ("PPB") subsidy program for local technology manufacturing."

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. · SGH Wolfpack Research · p. 6
callout villain critique

"Grundlegend besorgniserregender ist jedoch der Trend, der sich in den Kommentaren von Nutzern unter einem YouTube-Video zeigt:"

HelloFresh SE · HFG Grizzly Research · p. 17
callout appendix disclosure

"You are reading a short-biased opinion piece. Obviously, we will make money if the price of the covered issuer stock declines."

Datavault AI Inc. · DVLT Wolfpack Research · p. 15
callout appendix disclosure

"You are reading a short-biased opinion piece. Obviously, we will make money if the price of the covered issuer stock declines."

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. · CTO Wolfpack Research · p. 28
callout villain critique

"Also common with a stock promotion, EH has only collected on a fraction of its reported sales since its mid-December 2019 IPO."

EHang Holdings, Ltd. · EH Wolfpack Research · p. 2
callout villain critique

"EH has only collected cash for 20% of its reported revenues since its IPO, or a grand total of RMB25.2 million ($3.6 million)."

EHang Holdings, Ltd. · EH Wolfpack Research · p. 21
callout villain critique

"The key word here is “imagines” because EHang hasn’t built anything that even resembles what is shown in the video clip above."

EHang Holdings, Ltd. · EH Wolfpack Research · p. 24
callout comparison table

"In no way does this do anything to open up passenger carrying flights in the United States… It is not a significant milestone."

EHang Holdings, Ltd. · EH Wolfpack Research · p. 26
callout precedent table

"Spruce Point prides itself on identifying what we think are no-moat technology companies being highly promoted by Wall Street."

Enfusion, Inc. · ENFN Spruce Point Capital · p. 3
callout appendix disclosure

"You are reading a short-biased opinion piece. Obviously, we will make money if the price of the covered issuer stock declines."

Mercury General Corporation · MCY Wolfpack Research · p. 16
callout demand list

"NEW ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE WILL IMPROVE FOCUS AND SPEED TO MARKET FOR EACH CATEGORY (A KEY OBJECTIVE OF CEO MARK SCHNEIDER)"

Nestlé S.A. · NESN Third Point · p. 30
callout kpi overview

"Nine consecutive quarters of double-digit EPS growth, every quarter since Seifi became CEO, despite significant f/x headwinds"

Unknown · p. 26
callout timeline

"VRX’s share price declined 86% in 2016 driven by significant business disruption exacerbated by high absolute leverage levels"

Unknown · p. 76
callout other

"Third Point has made over 40 active investments and has been successful during 100% of the firm's historical proxy campaigns."

Campbell Soup Company · CPB Third Point · p. 5
callout villain critique

"Based on our research, we believe GFL had significant employee retention issues from its acquisition of Future Environmental."

GFL Environmental Inc. · GFL Spruce Point Capital · p. 90
callout section divider

"WTRG Stock Promoters Have Included Firms That Ran A Ponzi Scheme And Were Barred By FINRA. Why We See 35% - 50% Downside Risk"

Essential Utilities, Inc. · WTRG Spruce Point Capital · p. 83
callout other

"AMT has not been forthcoming about its exposure to ground rent increases, which we expect to materially impact AMT’s margins."

American Tower Corp · AMT Muddy Waters · p. 61
callout peer gap

"Crown Castle has paid among the highest multiples for its fiber acquisitions across the 50+ fiber M&A transactions since 2007"

Crown Castle International · CCI Elliott Management · p. 23
callout villain critique

"Certainly such dynamic trading complicates inspection and verification activities, as it is tantamount to a giant shell game."

Sino-Forest Corporation · TRE Muddy Waters · p. 31
callout villain critique

"US-listed miners are engaged in a highly competitive, global race to gain share and mine bitcoin at the lowest possible cost."

Riot Platforms, Inc. · RIOT Kerrisdale Capital · p. 12
callout precedent table

"Vitesse's Days Inventory Outstanding were rising rapidly prior to the scandal unfolding. MPWR's current DIOs are even higher."

Monolithic Power Systems · MPWR Spruce Point Capital · p. 33
callout villain critique

"ADP “cobbled” together a collection of HCM products across disparate platforms which have largely remain siloed operationally"

callout process diagram

"Weak technology offerings, on the front-end and back-end, harm ADP’s competitive position and long-term growth and efficiency"

callout ceo quote

"Ed's job and our 5,500 sales force's job is much easier when they have great products than when they don't. It's that simple."

callout valuation reveal

"Spruce Point sees 40-55% downside in PEN shares as sales growth adjusts downwards and investors adjust their own projections."

Penumbra, Inc. · PEN Spruce Point Capital · p. 61
callout peer gap

"We believe Canadian Tire has few competitive advantages to differentiate itself in the highly competitive retail environment."

Canadian Tire Corporation · CTC.A Spruce Point Capital · p. 28
callout ceo quote

"CTC's recent investor presentation has added an important footnote stating that EPS guidance is “based on normalized results”"

Canadian Tire Corporation · CTC.A Spruce Point Capital · p. 85
callout villain critique

"He indicated that the difficult trade-offs between separator thickness, dendrite resistance, and energy density are unsolved."

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 132
callout villain critique

"Many of these systems are about a small adult elephant in size and that’s not surprising because you have a lot of equipment."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 67
callout ceo quote

"An article in a data center publication illustrates IonQ’s success in pushing a phony narrative about the size of its device."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 77
callout villain critique

"The runs indicated that IonQ’s “World’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer” can’t even properly add 1+ 1 and is utterly unusable."

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 115
callout other

"With penetration now accelerating, we believe that this corroborates our view that the U.S. T1 CGM market is ~50% penetrated."

Dexcom, Inc. · DXCM Spruce Point Capital · p. 52
callout kpi overview

"We believe Fluor is unique as one of the few companies capable of delivering true end-to-end EPCM solutions across industries"

Fluor Corporation · FLR Starboard Value · p. 3
callout timeline

"We believe Fluor's early investment and sustained involvement positioned NuScale to become a leader in small modular reactors"

Fluor Corporation · FLR Starboard Value · p. 25
callout transition

"Management should sell the company... But, it can't because the stock price is too high... (it would have to be a take-under)"

The St. Joe Company · JOE Greenlight Capital · p. 136
callout villain critique

"We believe an apples-to-apples comparison reveals that the Company MISSED its 2018 Investor Day Adjusted EBITDA target by 18%"

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 17
callout villain critique

"The Novomer acquisition seems more a lightly-diligenced Hail Mary to pump the narrative than a well-conceived strategic move."

Danimer Scientific · DNMR Muddy Waters · p. 4
callout sop buildup

"We believe the value of the thermal coal, met coal, legacy oil and gas, and assets to be sold equal today's enterprise value."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 30
callout villain critique

"Seriously, Pioneer ought to stop touting estimates based on stale pricing, or at least provide a useful sensitivity analysis."

Pioneer Natural Resources · PXD Greenlight Capital · p. 52