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callout villain critique

"Shareholders frustrated by the excessive compensation and poor performance can VOTE AGAINST the compensation committee"

Multiple REITs (21 underperformers) Land & Buildings · p. 10
callout villain critique

"Shareholders frustrated by the excessive compensation and poor performance can VOTE AGAINST the compensation committee"

Multiple REITs (21 underperformers) Land & Buildings · p. 11
callout villain critique

"Shareholders frustrated by the excessive compensation and poor performance can VOTE AGAINST the compensation committee"

Multiple REITs (21 underperformers) Land & Buildings · p. 5
callout villain critique

"Shareholders frustrated by the excessive compensation and poor performance can VOTE AGAINST the compensation committee"

Multiple REITs (21 underperformers) Land & Buildings · p. 12
callout peer gap

"On gross profit, a key measure of supermarket performance, Weis consistently ranks poorly among regional supermarkets."

Weis Markets, Inc. · WMK Spruce Point Capital · p. 42
callout other

"Since inception of the position, GOOG’s share price increased 56% in 2023 and has increased 3% year-to-date in 2024(1)"

Pershing Square Holdings · PSH Pershing Square · p. 40
callout villain critique

"Autodesk is asking shareholders to accept a complete lack of consequences and accountability for these serious issues."

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 78
callout kpi overview

"Since the $750 million acquisition of Insight Pharma in September 2014, we estimate organic EBITDA has been declining."

Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. · PBH Spruce Point Capital · p. 34
callout ceo quote

"However, as a whole, both long and short-term accrued liability accounts have grown from $600m to $764m since FY 2017."

Cintas Corp. · CTAS Spruce Point Capital · p. 30
callout appendix methodology

"Analyzing recent commercial protection and safety deals, we find that revenue deal multiples are in the 1x – 2x range."

Cintas Corp. · CTAS Spruce Point Capital · p. 67
callout villain critique

"As for Epic, Jonathan Bush dedicated a whole chapter in his book to criticizing the company for being a closed system."

AerCap Holdings · AER Greenlight Capital · p. 86
callout timeline

"UMG’s share price including dividend reinvestment declined (8)% in 2025 and has declined (11)% year-to-date in 2026(1)"

Pershing Square Holdings · PSH Pershing Square · p. 61
callout other

"NKE’s share price including dividend reinvestment declined (30)% from the inception of our investment to November 2025"

Pershing Square Holdings · PSH Pershing Square · p. 81
callout villain critique

"In fact, the two organizations even share an address. Yet, it is listed on the form as “independent” – how is this so?"

Heska Corporation · HSKA Spruce Point Capital · p. 116
callout villain critique

"The only reason why Grossman stabilized the salesforce was because the stock price went up and those reps had options."

Nevro Corp. · NVRO Scorpion Capital · p. 175
callout villain critique

"Why did Ströer sell back such a large stake of ECE flatmedia back to the original seller so soon after acquiring them?"

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 40
callout villain critique

"Capricorn appears to be a company run for the benefit of its executives and staff and to the detriment of shareholders"

Capricorn Energy · CNE Palliser Capital · p. 21
callout villain critique

"The standards have been decided in the last five years, and the winners aren't the single-digit-share cloud companies."

athenahealth · ATHN Greenlight Capital · p. 47
callout other

"We estimate that FBHS can generate at least $400MM in EBITDA on today’s sales base by cutting capacity and excess cost"

callout other

"Management fees paid by PSH to PSCM associated with PSH's current stake of 16.5 million HHH shares would be eliminated"

Pershing Square Holdings · PSH Pershing Square · p. 19
callout villain critique

"a lot of people in different transplant centers are very pissed off with the company...I can tell you, I hate the CEO."

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 54
callout villain critique

"A surgeon who directs the program expects to terminate their usage in the next 6-12 months: "Yes, it will go to zero.""

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 276
callout before after

"Display revenue has declined despite approximately $900 million of acquisitions and investments to grow this business."

AOL, Inc. · AOL Starboard Value · p. 12
callout peer gap

"U.S. Dollar Store peers historically close 0.8% of stores annually, yet Dollarama has not reported any recent closures"

Dollarama Inc. · DOL Spruce Point Capital · p. 35
callout sop buildup

"We believe that separating News Corp’s Digital Real Estate businesses would help unlock significant shareholder value."

News Corporation · NWSA Starboard Value · p. 21
callout villain critique

"We believe Leido's current Chief Accounting Officer has a pattern of risky behavior that investors should be aware of."

Leidos Holdings, Inc. · LDOS Spruce Point Capital · p. 69
callout villain critique

"These posters and presentations convey to us the impression of a concerted effort to bury the drug's diabetes problem."

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 127
callout other

"Clinical manifestations of diazoxide-induced edema (volume overload) reported in Phase 3 trial include pulmonary edema"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 142
callout demand list

"Pay down ~$9bn of Target debt using all of the credit card proceeds, a portion of the IPO proceeds, and free cash flow"

Target Corporation · TGT Pershing Square · p. 27
callout other

"Compensation may NOT be based – directly or indirectly – upon sales performance of those participants whom you recruit"

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 10
callout villain critique

"Of the 13 deaths among patients on pitolisant, a large percentage appear remarkably consistent with hypereosinophilia."

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 168
callout other

"ADP's share price including dividends has increased 18% from our average cost at announcement date to January 19, 2018"

Unknown · p. 32
callout peer gap

"There is ample evidence that WTRG’s financial policies are aggressive. Look no further than its income tax accounting."

Essential Utilities, Inc. · WTRG Spruce Point Capital · p. 66
callout villain critique

"What's left, we believe, is nothing more than a blue and white can which can be easily replicated as we’ll show later."

WD-40 Company · WDFC Spruce Point Capital · p. 12
callout sop buildup

"We believe this was the transformative acquisition that helped boost Sinch's financial results in the following years."

Sinch AB · SINCH Grizzly Research · p. 5
callout villain critique

"Pictometry data from 2016 and 2017 also shows that very minimal alterations to the exterior of the building were made."

callout appendix data

"Deed records confirmed that IIPR purchased the property from Green Leaf Medical of Virginia for $11.74M on 01/16/2020."

callout appendix data

"So, if the grade of your 'deposit' is about average crustal abundance, what does that tell you? Strike 3? Deep enough?"

Ramaco Resources, Inc. · METC Wolfpack Research · p. 19
callout other

"As seen below, CAIC appears to have had 385 HO-3 policies in force (PIF) in Pacific Palisades (90272) as of June 2024."

Mercury General Corporation · MCY Wolfpack Research · p. 4
callout villain critique

"Yet the announcements of Alexion's acquisitions of Achillion and Portola both destroyed significant shareholder value."

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · ALXN Elliott Management · p. 4
callout ceo quote

"In order to provide sufficient capacity, customers need to purchase more than one tool where they only would need one."

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 135
callout villain critique

"TSMC struggling to phase in Lasertec; "hasn't been very successful"; key customers relying on legacy DUV and SEM tools"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 208
callout ceo quote

"“Pretty much all customers are struggling in phasing in the Lasertec tool”; current revenue likely previous pre-orders"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 209
callout other

"We believe that valuing the tax credit is an absurd interpretation of the statute, and is not what Congress intended."

Sunrun Inc. · RUN Muddy Waters · p. 6
callout other

"HSIC's top 25 holders representing $10B of HSIC ownership also represent $11.7B of combined ownership in IDXX and ZTS"

Henry Schein, Inc. · HSIC Spruce Point Capital · p. 19
callout ceo quote

"Nuvei just removed China as a key location despite boasting of the importance in growing globally with its customers."

Nuvei Corp · NVEI Spruce Point Capital · p. 104
callout villain critique

"Management has historically been compensated on the basis of overall growth, irrespective of returns or profitability"

callout villain critique

"Spruce Point does not believe investors should accept its CEO being distracted with real estate ventures on the side."

GFL Environmental Inc. · GFL Spruce Point Capital · p. 39
callout transition

"Spruce Point will reveal major issues with some of Generac's top partnerships: Sunnova, Momentum Solar and Powerhome."

Generac Holdings, Inc. · GNRC Spruce Point Capital · p. 112
callout other

"We very much appreciate the time and effort Alphabet has made and the positive example this sets for other companies."

Alphabet Inc. · GOOGL TCI Fund · p. 3