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callout villain critique

"High turnover of participants is another characteristic of a pyramid scheme."

Herbalife, Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 9
callout villain critique

"2. Tahitian Noni Beverage (China) Co., Ltd Shanghai Branch (void of license)"

New Age Beverage Corp. · NBEV Grizzly Research · p. 10
callout villain critique

"Here are some fake reviews that the providers presented to us as their work:"

Trustpilot Group PLC · TRST Grizzly Research · p. 17
callout ceo quote

"THE EV STAR IS THE ONLY CLASS 4 ELECTRIC VEHICLE THAT MEETS THESE STANDARDS!"

GreenPower Motor Company · GP White Diamond Research · p. 19
callout villain critique

"We believe having partners push stablecoin could be disruptive for Remitly."

Remitly Global, Inc. · RELY Spruce Point Capital · p. 19
callout ceo quote

"Remitly Claims No Pricing Pressures, But Industry Prices Are Under Pressure"

Remitly Global, Inc. · RELY Spruce Point Capital · p. 33
callout villain critique

"Nuvei seems content to continue following the same, old shady practices...."

Nuvei Corp · NVEI Spruce Point Capital · p. 20
callout ceo quote

"Pfizer had already made significant approval progress on three of 15 drugs."

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 18
callout sop buildup

"We believe the Company likely lost more than $20 billion in value from M&A."

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 47
callout timeline

"NOMD share price has declined 2% from our average cost to January 20, 2017*"

Unknown · p. 81
callout ceo quote

"When Genius' lock up expires in August 2021, what will its SPAC sponsor do?"

Genius Sports Limited · GENI Spruce Point Capital · p. 60
callout villain critique

"This implies that Q4 acquisition sales were $4.1 million, not $9.1 million."

Generac Holdings, Inc. · GNRC Spruce Point Capital · p. 57
callout villain critique

"Since 2017, its sales have increased 94% with accounts receivables up 444%."

Generac Holdings, Inc. · GNRC Spruce Point Capital · p. 70
callout ceo quote

"Starboard believed the Preferred Financing was a mistake from the beginning"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 94
callout villain critique

"Glass Lewis consistently highlighted issues related to the CFO's Board role"

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 123
callout demand list

"We are fully and directly aligned with you, our fellow common stockholders."

Box, Inc. · BOX Starboard Value · p. 5
callout filler

"I can't even begin to work out until I find the right news to infuriate me."

Peloton Interactive · PTON Greenlight Capital · p. 3
callout villain critique

"Phillips 66 has been unable to deploy organic growth capital within budget."

Phillips 66 · PSX Carl Icahn · p. 22
callout nominee bio

"OUR NOMINEES WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO HELP ENSURE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR NEWELL"

Newell Brands Inc. · NWL Starboard Value · p. 7
callout sop buildup

"Lower than company average (35.7%) to account for increased consumables mix"

Family Dollar Stores · FDO Pershing Square · p. 16
callout precedent table

"Salesforce and Splunk have outperformed the market over the past 12 months."

GoDaddy, News Corp, Fortrea Starboard Value · p. 4
callout villain critique

"so much cheaper to make huge volumes of liquid-filled lithium-ion batteries"

QuantumScape · QS Scorpion Capital · p. 159
callout precedent table

"When plumbed with a dip stick, the tanks appeared to be full of soybean oil"

Unknown · p. 36
callout ceo quote

"Reality: unable to stay within "focus area" nor avoid high working interest"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 40
callout ceo quote

"Hess well costs 39% above Continental 1H'12 drilling the same type of well."

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 70
callout comparison table

"Valeant has achieved announced cost synergies in all announced transactions"

Allergan, Inc. · AGN Pershing Square · p. 102
callout cover

"Today, Elliott proposes to acquire athenahealth for $160 per share in cash."

athenahealth, Inc. · ATHN Elliott Management · p. 1
callout precedent table

"In May we showed that Pioneer did not have a positive value on a DCF basis."

CONSOL Energy · CNX Greenlight Capital · p. 35
callout villain critique

"Management’s best investments = 4.3% return on incremental invested capital"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 120
callout ceo quote

"But the one that's really become very important to us is asset utilization."

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 149
callout process diagram

"Improving operating performance sounds good, but how do you actually do it?"

Arconic Inc. · ARNC Elliott Management · p. 292
callout precedent table

"We estimate Phillips could retire ~60% to ~90% of its shares outstanding(4)"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 39
callout sop buildup

"We conservatively value Valeant’s durable portfolio at 20x forward earnings"

Unknown · p. 42
callout demand list

"S&P must strongly advocate for mandatory public disclosure of GHG emissions"

S&P Global · SPGI TCI Fund · p. 3
callout ceo quote

"BIS’s vote recommendation would be a real test of credibility and integrity"

BlackRock, Inc. · BLK Bluebell Capital · p. 80
callout villain critique

"Twist isn’t taking market share from their key, low-priced Asian competitor"

Twist Bioscience · TWST Scorpion Capital · p. 189
callout executive summary

"The DLC Has Destroyed US$50 Billion of Shareholder Value since Inception..."

Rio Tinto · RIO Palliser Capital · p. 5
callout timeline

"NOMD share price has declined 2% from our average cost to January 20, 2017*"

Unknown · p. 81
callout demand list

"Install marketing leadership to reform Kao’s approach to consumer marketing"

Kao Corporation · 4452.JP Oasis Management · p. 79
callout appendix methodology

"Set forth herein are the assumptions for the Pro Forma McDonald's business."

McDonald's Corporation · MCD Pershing Square · p. 69