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callout ceo quote

"The added benefit is we call it 'quantum' and this is a benefit, to some, in the marketing department."

D-Wave Quantum Inc · QBTS Kerrisdale Capital · p. 12
callout transition

"The ACTIS tool’s claim-to-fame is that it is the first and only “actinic” EUV mask inspection machine."

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 38
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 precedent table

"Following a sustained period of strategic refranchising, JACK's shares have outperformed the industry"

callout peer gap

"DKNG’s growth is accelerating and outpacing Genius’ which is growing off a significantly smaller base"

Genius Sports Limited · GENI Spruce Point Capital · p. 28
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 villain critique

"The bankruptcy trustee described it as a "Fraud" and having "many characteristics of a Ponzi scheme"."

Essential Utilities, Inc. · WTRG Spruce Point Capital · p. 76
callout precedent table

"Starboard’s settlement with Box resulted in long-overdue changes, with continued room for improvement"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 28
callout villain critique

"Neither of Box’s two major product launches in 2021 are borne from the Company’s internal R&D efforts"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 54
callout ceo quote

"Why were bonuses based on decelerating growth while management claimed a reacceleration was imminent?"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 107
callout villain critique

"The Board has significant interlocks that have created an insular environment that lacks independence"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 127
callout transition

"In the face of numerous macro concerns, food companies offer attractive risk-reward at current levels"

Danone · BN.PA Trian Partners · p. 4
callout peer gap

"Approximately 50-60% potential upside assuming Danone trades at same FCF yield as Unilever and Nestle"

Danone · BN.PA Trian Partners · p. 14
callout kpi overview

"Despite an approximately even distribution of patents, 93% of license revenue comes from Tessera Inc."

Tessera Technologies Inc. · TSRA Starboard Value · p. 26
callout villain critique

"it seems to be a shadow actor on TRE’s behalf to setup undisclosed but related subsidiaries in China."

Sino-Forest Corporation · TRE Muddy Waters · p. 28
callout ceo quote

"Mr. Ströer, are either you or those closest to you financial beneficiaries of the Sambara Foundation?"

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 32
callout precedent table

"Navy announcement of Lenovo concerns coincides almost precisely with the peak in Lenovo’s share price"

Mercury Systems Inc. · MRCY Spruce Point Capital · p. 11
callout villain critique

"Debts to related companies mainly consist of cash deposits received from subsidiaries of the Company."

Eurofins Scientific SE · ERF Muddy Waters · p. 10
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 peer gap

"In July 2007, KKR bought Dollar General. Less than four years later, let’s compare the two companies:"

Family Dollar Stores · FDO Pershing Square · p. 20
callout sop buildup

"THIS BUSINESS WOULD LIKELY ATTRACT SIGNIFICANT INTEREST FROM THE EXISTING JV PARTNER OR ANOTHER BUYER"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 16
callout villain critique

"Ex employees call single-layer merely "academic" and the lack of multi-layer data "super concerning.""

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 75
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

"The McDonald's Board has failed to prioritize ESG and ensure the Company meets its stated commitments"

callout villain critique

"The McDonald's Board has failed to prioritize ESG and ensure the Company meets its stated commitments"

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 kpi overview

"CONSOL is at $7.40 a share, giving it a $1.7 billion market cap, and a $5.5 billion enterprise value."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 5
callout other

"And because gas is hard to store, we don't store very much of it – usually only about 40 days' worth."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 67
callout villain critique

"Unexplained revisions to key operating costs do not inspire confidence in MDA's financial statements."

Maxar Technologies · MAXR Spruce Point Capital · p. 29
callout villain critique

"By normalizing MAXR’s results to peers, we estimate $50m of annual overcapitalization of intangibles."

Maxar Technologies · MAXR Spruce Point Capital · p. 25
callout sop buildup

"Midpoint of Company revenue guidance is for the rest of the business ex-EPS and auto sheet to shrink!"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 172
callout sop buildup

"THIS BUSINESS WOULD LIKELY ATTRACT SIGNIFICANT INTEREST FROM THE EXISTING JV PARTNER OR ANOTHER BUYER"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 16
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 kpi overview

"QSR remains an attractive investment opportunity despite significant share price appreciation in 2017"

Unknown · p. 33
callout villain critique

"The fact that $283 million in EBITDA is required to reach $1 billion shows leadership's state of mind"

Dye & Durham Limited · DND Engine Capital · p. 11
callout other

"A higher-than-stated rejection rate would cast a significant shadow over NMC's financial performance."

NMC Health plc · NMC.LN Muddy Waters · p. 17
callout other

"To plug the gap on the asset side of the balance sheet, Oatly could be inflating PP&E asset accounts."

Oatly Group AB · OTLY Spruce Point Capital · p. 72
callout villain critique

"WSP updated its assumptions related to goodwill testing that should give investors cause for concern."

WSP Global Inc. · WSP Spruce Point Capital · p. 32
callout appendix methodology

"Set forth herein is a table which details our assumptions regarding potential operating improvements."

McDonald's Corporation · MCD Pershing Square · p. 55
callout ceo quote

"Twist has reported rapidly rising gross margins every year, projected to keep rising per CFO comments"

Twist Bioscience · TWST Scorpion Capital · p. 110
callout ceo quote

"Twist appears to be stuffing a few bodies into Oregon in an attempt to create superficial legitimacy."

Twist Bioscience · TWST Scorpion Capital · p. 138
callout villain critique

"Poor operating margins and pension mismanagement have led to negative cash flow over the last 6 years"

Canadian Pacific Railway · CP Pershing Square · p. 33
callout ceo quote

"Our estimates suggest that nearly all of Amdocs' sales growth in FY 2014 came from inorganic sources."

Amdocs Limited · DOX Spruce Point Capital · p. 113
callout other

"Pershing Square has owned HHC since its spin-off from GGP in November 2010 and has never sold a share"

Howard Hughes Corporation · HHC Pershing Square · p. 17
callout other

"HHC started conducting quarterly calls this year and plans to host its first Investor Day on May 17th"

Howard Hughes Corporation · HHC Pershing Square · p. 50
callout other

"SBM is a building products provider with leading share in bonded pre-applied waterproofing membranes."

GCP Applied Technologies · GCP Starboard Value · p. 7
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