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callout villain critique

"Unfortunately, shareholders must hold Dr. Kleinfeld accountable if the Board does not"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 262
callout villain critique

"We believe DND’s culture is deeply broken and requires a reconstitution of the Board."

Dye & Durham Limited · DND Engine Capital · p. 10
callout villain critique

"BlackRock's governance is worse than what is increasingly considered 'Worst Practice'"

BlackRock, Inc. · BLK Bluebell Capital · p. 19
callout villain critique

"A non-independent board member chairing the Risk Committee is far from best practices"

BlackRock, Inc. · BLK Bluebell Capital · p. 30
callout villain critique

"BlackRock, consistently support management of companies who then filed for Chapter 11"

BlackRock, Inc. · BLK Bluebell Capital · p. 59
callout villain critique

"Twist’s entire model is based on the same Agilent array as Gen9 was, yet Gen9 blew up"

Twist Bioscience · TWST Scorpion Capital · p. 52
callout villain critique

"The DNA “printing process” that Twist flaunts inherently has “tons of room for error”"

Twist Bioscience · TWST Scorpion Capital · p. 89
callout precedent table

"Companies have moved away from the DLC structure – Rio is the only large cap DLC left"

Rio Tinto · RIO Palliser Capital · p. 40
callout demand list

"We call upon Lemonade to take its site offline immediately and fix the vulnerability."

Lemonade, Inc. · LMND Muddy Waters · p. 3
callout nominee bio

"We are nominating directors who, if elected, would represent a majority of the Board."

Magellan Health, Inc. · MGLN Starboard Value · p. 7
callout other

"APD's share price including dividends and the spinoff of Versum increased 24% in 2016"

Unknown · p. 28
callout ceo quote

"We believe the new administration will successfully reform Fannie and Freddie (cont.)"

Unknown · p. 58
callout peer gap

"Bristol-Myers' P/E ratio is now at its lowest level in years and below its peer group"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 51
callout before after

"Bristol-Myers is paying ~$30 billion for Celgene's product pipeline, not ~$15 billion"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 81
callout valuation reveal

"We believe PF McDonald's would trade at a 37%–52% premium over where it trades today."

McDonald's Corporation · MCD Pershing Square · p. 33
callout appendix methodology

"The two import data services' independently obtained monthly data sets match closely."

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. · ELF Muddy Waters · p. 16
callout villain critique

"Many aspects of the current “Detailed Plan” are previous initiatives rebranded as MYP"

Canadian Pacific Railway · CP Pershing Square · p. 53
callout appendix data

"Not much recent backlog growth from Non-Baker Hughes Customers In Past Three Quarters"

C3.ai, Inc. · AI Spruce Point Capital · p. 86
callout ceo quote

"Following release of Elliott’s Streamline66 plan, the stock outperformed peers by 11%"

Phillips 66 · PSX Carl Icahn · p. 14
callout villain critique

"Management suggests acquisition is immaterial – implies immaterial sales contribution"

Amdocs Limited · DOX Spruce Point Capital · p. 122
callout other

"Management suggests acquisition is immaterial – implies immaterial sales contribution"

Amdocs Limited · DOX Spruce Point Capital · p. 126
callout before after

"Saputo recently removed its spreadable goat cheese product offering at Woolwich Dairy"

Saputo Inc. · TSX:SAP Spruce Point Capital · p. 52
callout villain critique

"The Company has consistently missed Wall Street analyst and shareholder expectations."

GCP Applied Technologies · GCP Starboard Value · p. 44
callout process diagram

"We believe similar opportunities to improve supply chain efficiency exist within SBM."

GCP Applied Technologies · GCP Starboard Value · p. 74
callout villain critique

"In a somewhat surprising tactic, PSX management talked down the potential SOTP upside"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 16
callout ceo quote

"Following release of Elliott's Streamline66 plan, the stock outperformed peers by 11%"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 19
callout villain critique

"Huntsman's CEO has accumulated excessive pension benefits compared to the Proxy Peers"

Huntsman Corporation · HUN Starboard Value · p. 202
callout section divider

"TWX's stock has underperformed by all relevant measures since Mr. Parsons became CEO."

Time Warner Inc. · TWX Carl Icahn · p. 9
callout sop buildup

"Based on these assumptions, the DCF valuation is assumed to be $14.7 - $16.9 billion."

Time Warner Inc. · TWX Carl Icahn · p. 320
callout ceo quote

"After build-up phase you continue to receive income even when you don't work yourself"

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 55
callout process diagram

"Internal Consumption Refers to Product that is Purchased and Consumed by Distributors"

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 112
callout villain critique

"Only about one-out-of-six distributors makes Sales Leader rather than one-out-of-four"

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 189
callout process diagram

"The programmers studied lack encryption and also present a substantial vulnerability."

St. Jude Medical, Inc. · STJ Muddy Waters · p. 5
callout comparison table

"PPG is the only major North American player with coverage across the 3 major channels"

PPG Industries, Inc. · PPG Trian Partners · p. 26
callout ceo quote

"Following release of Elliott's Streamline66 plan, the stock outperformed peers by 11%"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 20
callout peer gap

"For both advisory and asset management, non-compensation expense is approximately 20%"

Lazard Ltd · LAZ Trian Partners · p. 29
callout villain critique

"Why does the press release announcement of Mr. Glover not appear on Perion's website?"

Perion Network Ltd. · PERI Spruce Point Capital · p. 44
callout section divider

"インテルのマスク検査部隊は、自社のメンツを守るためにレーザーテックに多額の投資をした。しかし、レーザーテックの育成は大失敗に終わり、その事実を隠蔽することにいまや必死だ。"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 192
callout villain critique

"高開口数の装置の導入はレーザーテックにとってさらなるバッドニュースだ。インテルには、高開口数のマスク検査にKLA製の装置を使用せよという「たいへんな圧力がかかっている」。"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 283
callout villain critique

"WinterGreen seems to have misinterpreted an advertising campaign that Prudential ran!"

Inogen, Inc. · INGN Muddy Waters · p. 12
callout transition

"There's no good economic rationale for Aurora to command the lion's share of the pie."

Aurora Innovation, Inc. · AUR Kerrisdale Capital · p. 41
callout villain critique

"BlackRock’s governance is worse than what is increasingly considered 'Worst Practice'"

BlackRock · BLK Bluebell Capital · p. 19