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callout ceo quote

"All of the above statements are referred to as Convincing Statements and are strongly correlated to deception."

callout villain critique

"It's like you're basically being asked to engage in the practice of medicine after a week's worth of training."

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 244
callout villain critique

"TransMedics speaks a lot of garbage about NRP...they talk trash because it’s a big competitor and way cheaper."

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 320
callout peer gap

"Norfolk Southern’s shares have underperformed the Company’s Class I railroad peers over every relevant period."

callout peer gap

"National Express vs. FirstGroup stock performance since Mr Finch became National Express CEO in February 2010:"

FirstGroup plc · FGP Sandell · p. 25
callout other

"Our ability to access low-cost, investment grade, long-term debt is an important competitive advantage for PSH"

Pershing Square Holdings · PSH Pershing Square · p. 11
callout villain critique

"Without the omitted material information, it is impossible to determine the value of the awarded compensation."

AOL, Inc. · AOL Starboard Value · p. 73
callout kpi overview

"We see New Sony growing EBIT at +10% CAGR or better, driven primarily by secular tailwinds in gaming and music"

Sony Corporation · 6758.T Third Point · p. 44
callout villain critique

"Vykat’s mechanism of action is fundamentally incompatible with PWS patient physiology from a safety standpoint"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 56
callout villain critique

"Trial was essentially unblinded from side effects; investigators correctly deduced who was on drug vs. placebo"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 311
callout villain critique

"When we asked if the edema-related treatment unblinded these patients, the physician replied “yes...for sure.”"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 412
callout ceo quote

"How did Lightspeed get an additional 5,000 customer locations in the span of 20 days at the end of March 2021?"

Lightspeed Commerce, Inc. · LSPD Spruce Point Capital · p. 93
callout precedent table

"Implied EV / Closing LTM EBITDA of 14.4x (13.3x NTM(1)) represents discount to historical food average of ~16x"

PepsiCo, Inc. · PEP Trian Partners · p. 41
callout transition

">Thirteen deaths during the pitolisant development program; case narratives are consistent with known toxicity"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 153
callout villain critique

"After 11 days on drug, patient was hospitalized for mania, psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, and insomnia."

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 192
callout villain critique

"38% of study participants were in Russia, which along with Ukraine, Turkey, Serbia and Hungary comprised ~90%."

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 212
callout ceo quote

"If I were to try and describe our approach – I think it is not so much transformation, but rather transaction."

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 46
callout transition

">Wakix’s only selling point – that it’s not a controlled substance – was dismissed by physicians as irrelevant"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 288
callout valuation reveal

"GreenPower has a fully diluted share count of 24M shares. That puts GP’s value at: $37M/24M = $1.54 per share."

GreenPower Motor Company · GP White Diamond Research · p. 24
callout executive summary

"We are highly concerned that Sinch may be consciously turning a blind eye to fraudulent users of its services."

Sinch AB · SINCH Grizzly Research · p. 2
callout transition

"The program will effectively become a stage for Joby to solidify its market dominance for several key reasons."

Archer Aviation Inc · ACHR Grizzly Research · p. 71
callout other

"We think ISRG’s decision to move drape purchases away from UFPT forces the company into negative sales growth."

UFP Technologies, Inc. · UFPT Wolfpack Research · p. 3
callout appendix methodology

"Assuming Brook Mine has an ace 60% recoverability rate, we believe Brook Mine will only yield $5.13 per tonne."

Ramaco Resources, Inc. · METC Wolfpack Research · p. 16
callout appendix data

"We think the wisest thing any investor can do is imitate management and sell this stock while it is still hot."

IonQ Inc · IONQ Wolfpack Research · p. 25
callout villain critique

"We cannot help but wonder: Are Accor’s anti-human trafficking policies just a marketing charade for investors?"

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 14
callout villain critique

"If the bad debt allowance is being manipulated, it stands to reason that revenues may also be manipulated too."

Enfusion, Inc. · ENFN Spruce Point Capital · p. 21
callout villain critique

"PHILLIPS 66 "HAS NOT GENERATED COMPETITIVE VALUE DURING THE SPAN OF [CEO MARK] LASHIER'S EXECUTIVE SERVICE...""

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 2
callout villain critique

"Lasertec valuation is “kind of nuts”; viewed as the “junior brother” to ASML or “the Japanese version of ASML”"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 40
callout other

"While soda ash is categorized as a commodity chemical, it is much less volatile than overall commodity prices."

Solvay SA · SOLB BB Greenlight Capital · p. 23
callout scenario table

"We believe we have been very conservate by only taking the hold rate down to 7.2% in our most aggressive case."

DraftKings Inc. · DKNG Spruce Point Capital · p. 26
callout villain critique

"Pfizer decided that OXBRYTA’s benefits no longer outweighed its risks and pulled the product from the market."

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 49
callout villain critique

"For larger leagues representing a higher percentage of total dollars waged, the revenue share is less than 2%"

Genius Sports Limited · GENI Spruce Point Capital · p. 26
callout sop buildup

"Avery is organized into three business units. Below is our assessment and key insights from former employees."

Avery Dennison Corporation · AVY Spruce Point Capital · p. 9
callout section divider

"We Believe FIGS Exaggerates Its Total Addressable Market (TAM), Gross Margins, And Glosses Over Growth Issues"

FIGS, Inc. · FIGS Spruce Point Capital · p. 33
callout process diagram

"Valeant invested the HSR limit of $75.9mm and Pershing Square contributed the balance of the required capital"

Unknown · p. 25
callout villain critique

"Glass Lewis - "members of [the compensation] committee should be held accountable for this lack of oversight""

Office Depot, Inc. · ODP Starboard Value · p. 37
callout villain critique

"Garcia III and Jenkins were both owners of Rewards Systems LLC (Looterang) Yet Conceal It From Their SEC Bios"

Carvana Co. · CVNA Spruce Point Capital · p. 23
callout villain critique

"We believe this comparison is consistent with Procept's historical reluctance to acknowledge procedure risks."

PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation · PRCT Spruce Point Capital · p. 38
callout appendix methodology

"Directionally, and on the whole, we think our analysis is correct and the broader conclusions are inescapable"

callout villain critique

"ADP is not achieving its structural margin potential across multiple client verticals (likely including SMB)."

callout appendix disclosure

"ELLIOTT LAUNCHES “STREAMLINE 66” PODCAST FEATURING 1:1 CONVERSATIONS WITH ITS BEST-IN-CLASS DIRECTOR NOMINEES"

Phillips 66 · PSX Carl Icahn · p. 42
callout villain critique

"What kind of volume can a business like this expect when its clientele is pet owners who never go to the vet?"

PetIQ, Inc. · PETQ Spruce Point Capital · p. 53
callout other

"Does the large adjustment in contingent consideration suggest that something went wrong with the acquisition?"

PetIQ, Inc. · PETQ Spruce Point Capital · p. 73
callout villain critique

"We believe Darden must get its advertising on concept and stop ridiculous promotions like “buy one, take one”"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 135
callout valuation reveal

"Our valuation methodologies demonstrate a value of approximately $2.5 – $3.0 billion for Darden’s real estate"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 228
callout villain critique

"The multiple management communicated for the EPIC acquisition was based on 2yr forward synergized projections"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 32
callout sop buildup

"DJ G&P rates can be ~2x greater than Permian G&P rates, allowing for high FCF generation despite lower growth"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 37
callout villain critique

"Standard “Coulombic efficiency” metric is once again missing, without which cycle life claims are meaningless"

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 134
callout section divider

"10. Retail investors are at major risk as the lockup expires and insiders can dump the shares they're pumping"

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 177
callout demand list

"We believe Marathon’s severe undervaluation costs shareholders $14 – 19 billion (~60 – 80+% of equity value)."

Marathon Petroleum Corporation · MPC Elliott Management · p. 4
callout appendix disclosure

"This cascading sequence of events ultimately has the potential to cause the insurer to become insolvent . . ."

callout sop buildup

"Valuation uses CASY's current depressed multiple. Prior to missing Q1'17 earnings, CASY traded ~0.75x higher."

Marathon Petroleum Corporation · MPC Elliott Management · p. 26
callout other

"Our investigators' site visits confirmed that only one building, Building C, is currently under construction."