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callout ceo quote

"To date, Box has missed EVERY long-term revenue target it has ever published."

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 9
callout ceo quote

"Based on consensus estimates, Box is expected to miss the goal it set in 2019"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 65
callout villain critique

"Box took stockholder-unfriendly actions even before becoming a public company"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 116
callout villain critique

"Carvana can no longer go running to Garcia II whenever it runs out of cash..."

Carvana Co. · CVNA Spruce Point Capital · p. 44
callout appendix data

"PSH’s broker-traded volume is double the exchange-traded volume at 68% vs 32%"

Unknown · p. 61
callout kpi overview

"We estimate continuing EPS approx. -47% below the street “adjusted” estimates"

XPO Logistics, Inc. · XPO Spruce Point Capital · p. 11
callout valuation reveal

"We estimate continuing EPS approx. -36% below the street “adjusted” estimates"

XPO Logistics, Inc. · XPO Spruce Point Capital · p. 60
callout villain critique

"We estimate continuing EPS approx. -47% below the street “adjusted” estimates"

XPO Logistics, Inc. · XPO Spruce Point Capital · p. 61
callout ceo quote

"Gross profit per employee is not a relevant performance indicator for Ströer."

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 66
callout valuation reveal

"Multiple contraction closer to peers and best performer Progressive Insurance"

Erie Indemnity Company · ERIE Spruce Point Capital · p. 35
callout demand list

"It is time for TIM, in the words of its new CEO, to become a "normal company""

Telecom Italia · TIT.MI Elliott Management · p. 5
callout precedent table

"LIKE MARATHON, PHILLIPS 66 CAN BE RESTORED TO A TOP-PERFORMING ENERGY COMPANY"

Phillips 66 · PSX Carl Icahn · p. 11
callout villain critique

"The wage and salary expenses are purportedly due to a related party recharge."

Eurofins Scientific SE · ERF Muddy Waters · p. 20
callout villain critique

"GoDaddy is expected to miss its 2024 revenue target by more than $500 million"

GoDaddy, News Corp, Fortrea Starboard Value · p. 21
callout valuation reveal

"We believe that there is significant share price upside potential at Fortrea."

GoDaddy, News Corp, Fortrea Starboard Value · p. 69
callout precedent table

"LIKE MARATHON, PHILLIPS 66 CAN BE RESTORED TO A TOP-PERFORMING ENERGY COMPANY"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 10
callout demand list

"The urgency of management and Board change at Southwest could not be clearer."

Southwest Airlines Co. · LUV Elliott Management · p. 2
callout ceo quote

"Investor presentation shows a mere 3 quantum computers currently “in service”"

IonQ Inc. · IONQ Scorpion Capital · p. 76
callout ceo quote

"You can't judge us on a one-year basis. You have to do it over the long term."

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 11
callout section divider

"Shareholder Nominees Have Exact Skills Necessary to Reassess and Refocus Hess"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 113
callout appendix data

"Of these 26 Approved Plans, there are two which are of particular centrality."

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 18
callout peer gap

"We believe NuScale is well positioned in the nascent nuclear reactor industry"

Fluor Corporation · FLR Starboard Value · p. 27
callout appendix data

"$41.8M = Carrying value of SummerCamp and CutterRidge residential real estate"

The St. Joe Company · JOE Greenlight Capital · p. 98
callout villain critique

"Our estimate ties out to Lefkofsky's remarks that TCV is >$1B as of April '25"

Tempus AI, Inc. · TEM Spruce Point Capital · p. 47
callout peer gap

"It appears Akamai lost Microsoft as a customer for this platform... to Edgio."

Edgio, Inc. · EGIO Citron Research · p. 7
callout other

"CONSOL's Buchanan mine is the lowest cost metallurgical coal mine in America."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 27
callout peer gap

"We believe Tripadvisor trades at an attractive multiple compared to its peers"

Tripadvisor, Inc. · TRIP Starboard Value · p. 4
callout peer gap

"We believe Tripadvisor trades at an attractive multiple compared to its peers"

Tripadvisor, Inc. · TRIP Starboard Value · p. 18
callout villain critique

"Change in disclosure obfuscates increasing saturation of orthodontist channel"

Align Technology, Inc. · ALGN Spruce Point Capital · p. 67
callout nominee bio

"Ensuring momentum is key to employee morale and creating incremental leverage"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 295
callout precedent table

"LIKE MARATHON, PHILLIPS 66 CAN BE RESTORED TO A TOP-PERFORMING ENERGY COMPANY"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 10
callout other

"The Shareholder Slate sees many areas of opportunity available to the Company"

Sotheby's · BID Third Point · p. 23
callout villain critique

"Other partners of Skechers have backgrounds that are not without controversy."

Skechers U.S.A., Inc. · SKX Spruce Point Capital · p. 10
callout timeline

"The pace of activity has materially slowed since Engine has been on the scene"

Dye & Durham Limited · DND Engine Capital · p. 17
callout peer gap

"Such an outlier price for NMC Royal Women’s suggests significant overpayment."

NMC Health plc · NMC.LN Muddy Waters · p. 5
callout precedent table

"The following factors will increase the likelihood of a “for” recommendation:"

BlackRock, Inc. · BLK Bluebell Capital · p. 78
callout valuation reveal

"We believe that there is significant share price upside potential at Fortrea."

Fortrea Holdings Inc. · FTRE Starboard Value · p. 17
callout before after

"Salesforce has created significant shareholder value over the last two years."

Salesforce, Inc. · CRM Starboard Value · p. 7
callout villain critique

"Twist’s reputation among customers was of over-promising and under-delivering"

Twist Bioscience · TWST Scorpion Capital · p. 169
callout ceo quote

"For more than a decade, 100% of Rio Tinto's dividends have been fully franked"

Rio Tinto · RIO Palliser Capital · p. 35