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callout timeline

"Agilent’s share price including dividends increased 40% in 2020 and increased 8% year-to-date in 2021"

Pershing Square Holdings · PSH Pershing Square · p. 43
callout executive summary

"Therefore, this is not usable data. Investors need look no further to know GSX is screwing with them."

GSX Techedu · GSX Muddy Waters · p. 2
callout other

"Recent insights from venture capital trends doesn't suggest a rapid explosion of interest in robotics"

iRobot Corp · IRBT Spruce Point Capital · p. 14
callout other

"After a decade in existence, a 1% response rate is more indicative of failure than future opportunity"

iRobot Corp · IRBT Spruce Point Capital · p. 20
callout villain critique

"In 2020, LDOS is now backdating organic growth for IMX as follows: Q3'19: $12m Q4'19: $6m Q1'20: $11m"

Leidos Holdings, Inc. · LDOS Spruce Point Capital · p. 57
callout villain critique

"The prominent placement of diabetic ketoacidosis in the Medication Guide in the FDA label is telling."

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 108
callout ceo quote

"I hear that there's been some pushing, but then when we've had our boundary, they've been respectful."

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 276
callout villain critique

"Personally, I would always be ordering echos on any child before and during treatment with diazoxide."

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 325
callout villain critique

"Lack of enthusiasm among endocrinologists at annual meeting; initial curiosity won't "last that long""

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 348
callout process diagram

"Tax-free spin of Target Inflation Protected REIT (or “TIP REIT”) as Groundlessor and Facility Manager"

Target Corporation · TGT Pershing Square · p. 8
callout precedent table

"Announced synergies have averaged 8.3% of target sales across precedent consumer staples acquisitions"

PepsiCo, Inc. · PEP Trian Partners · p. 39
callout villain critique

"Footnote b indicates the obvious - that Bioprojet is sitting on critical PK data that it has withheld"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 125
callout villain critique

"KOL at one of the largest centers in the country says his Wakix starts have plummeted vs. other drugs"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 364
callout kpi overview

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

Unknown · p. 33
callout villain critique

"We note that these culture traits have long been associated with incidences of corporate malfeasance."

FIGS, Inc. · FIGS Spruce Point Capital · p. 13
callout appendix methodology

"This is the “reason” that sounds good and grounded in academic finance. The true reason is two-folds."

N/A 99_Other · p. 52
callout demand list

"Where is the ~RMB 930M (~$135M) of revenue that $QTT reported to the SEC but not to the SAIC in 2018?"

Qutoutiao, Inc. · QTT Wolfpack Research · p. 20
callout transition

"Similarly, Triller will likely still operate, in some capacity, after its shareholders are wiped out."

AGBA Group · AGBA White Diamond Research · p. 4
callout villain critique

"Sure, everyone is accompanied by an adult. Sounds good! Please send the booking payment link. Thanks!"

Accor SA · AC Grizzly Research · p. 189
callout ceo quote

"AXDX is eager to sign the lease contract at a significant risk of future reagent annuity uncertainty."

Accelerate Diagnostics · AXDX White Diamond Research · p. 23
callout peer gap

"In a similar way, we predict AXDX share price drop to $6 within 6-9 months of publishing this report."

Accelerate Diagnostics · AXDX White Diamond Research · p. 36
callout section divider

"Shockingly, it has a $23B market cap as an EUV story but lacks an EUV technology that actually works."

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 102
callout other

"The tin contamination problem that plagues Lasertec’s EUV light source is detailed in various papers."

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 107
callout villain critique

"KLA owns the P1 inspection in the mask shop with their Teron product line and no one else can compete"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 113
callout peer gap

"AAP has fallen behind, and we have a plan to put AAP’s performance on par with O’Reilly and AutoZone"

Advance Auto Parts · AAP Starboard Value · p. 14
callout villain critique

"Our research leads us to believe that Nuvei has in fact served merchants in the adult film industry."

Nuvei Corp · NVEI Spruce Point Capital · p. 52
callout other

"Be extremely careful when operating cash flow is being revised in the first year after going public."

Nuvei Corp · NVEI Spruce Point Capital · p. 111
callout precedent table

"In fewer than 2 years under 3G's ownership, Burger King experienced 5x+ of EBITDA multiple expansion"

callout ceo quote

"On the back of this incremental bad news, the stock fell another 6% to $36.63 over the next two days"

Campbell Soup Company · CPB Third Point · p. 24
callout villain critique

"Spruce Point views it as a major red flag that WTRG recently changed goodwill testing methodologies."

Essential Utilities, Inc. · WTRG Spruce Point Capital · p. 53
callout villain critique

"Poor capital management needlessly harming shareholders, or further evidence of capital constraints?"

Generac Holdings, Inc. · GNRC Spruce Point Capital · p. 50
callout ceo quote

"If the Board is not happy with management and the Company’s performance, why should stockholders be?"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 16
callout villain critique

"If the Board is not happy with management and the Company’s performance, why should stockholders be?"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 109
callout ceo quote

"However, XPO reports to investors virtually no impact to organic revenue from currency fluctuations."

XPO Logistics, Inc. · XPO Spruce Point Capital · p. 32
callout kpi overview

"Since 2005, Tessera has invested over $500 million in its DOC business representing $9.90 per share."

Tessera Technologies Inc. · TSRA Starboard Value · p. 11
callout ceo quote

"We believe TROX can easily pay between $24 – $43/share in cash and remain conservatively capitalized"

callout villain critique

"Return control to Vincent Bolloré’s Vivendi, an entity that oversaw massive value destruction at TIM"

Telecom Italia · TIT.MI Elliott Management · p. 39
callout villain critique

"A Current Senior Eurofins Employee's LinkedIn Profile Appears to Concur that Eurofins Uses Factoring"

Eurofins Scientific SE · ERF Muddy Waters · p. 27
callout villain critique

"It appears that True Science, W.T.F., Blue Ridge, and Ridium also shared officers through the 2010s."

PetIQ, Inc. · PETQ Spruce Point Capital · p. 28
callout peer gap

"We believe that IPX has not provided a standardized schedule of operating costs across time periods."

IperionX Ltd. · IPX Spruce Point Capital · p. 43
callout villain critique

"We therefore estimate that CPI PG inflates the Bubny landbank PP value (or carrying value) by ~100%."

callout demand list

"Highly accretive primary issuance at $90 per share, a 46.4% premium to the unaffected share price(1)"

Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. · HHH Pershing Square · p. 5
callout villain critique

"Least independent, least energy experience, most management directors and one of the longest tenures"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 45
callout peer gap

"Only a handful of public healthcare companies have durability similar to Val-gan’s product portfolio"

Allergan, Inc. · AGN Pershing Square · p. 75
callout scqa question

"PAH's share price has nearly doubled in the six months since the MacDermid acquisition was announced"

Allergan, Inc. · AGN Pershing Square · p. 89
callout transition

"THE TRAIN HAS LEFT THE STATION ON ESG AND MCDONALD'S WILL BE LEFT BEHIND IF IT DOES NOT MOVE QUICKLY"

callout demand list

"Our nominees would help the Board explore paths for McDonald's to reduce its environmental footprint"

callout transition

"Despite all its hyperbole, Pure has thus far failed to get a toehold selling AFAs into hyperscalers."

Pure Storage, Inc. · PSTG Kerrisdale Capital · p. 22
callout cover

"Match is a growing, high-quality business in a secularly growing industry and is deeply undervalued."

Match Group, Inc. · MTCH Starboard Value · p. 1
callout villain critique

"Online Everyone Wants You To “Join the Family” And Stimulate A Purchase When Shopping For Western..."

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. · BOOT Spruce Point Capital · p. 36
callout ceo quote

"Huntsman is playing make-believe and crafting a deceptive narrative based on a fictitious portfolio."

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 9
callout demand list

"We believe Olive Garden has forgotten its main objective is to deliver value to their core customer."

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 215
callout villain critique

"It appears that Maxar has not been transparent about the size of its contract losses until recently."

Maxar Technologies · MAXR Spruce Point Capital · p. 20
callout ceo quote

"After only one quarter, Maxar resorted to accounting changes to artificially boost its EPS guidance."

Maxar Technologies · MAXR Spruce Point Capital · p. 50