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quote transition

"I don't know about you, but I really don't like the look of that yield curve. — Cartoon character"

AerCap Holdings · AER Greenlight Capital · p. 21
quote peer gap

"Miniso To Expand To 500 Stores As Canada Sees Major Influx Of New Retail Brands — Huffington Post"

Dollarama Inc. · DOL Spruce Point Capital · p. 27
quote villain critique

"“making me think twice about even starting the med.” — Anonymous parent in Vykat discussion group"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 162
quote valuation reveal

"“The overall loss in India is expected to be $2 million to $3 million in 2019.” — Q1’19 conf call"

A.O. Smith Corporation · AOS Spruce Point Capital · p. 20
quote villain critique

"GREENPOWER DELIVERS FIVE ADDITIONAL EV STARS TO CREATIVE — GreenPower Motor Company Press Release"

GreenPower Motor Company · GP White Diamond Research · p. 19
quote other

"“......大溪地却涉嫌跨区域直销、超范围销售产品的违法违规行为,同时其采用的奖金制度也涉嫌多层次计酬。” — China Consumer News report (paraphrased)"

New Age Beverage Corp. · NBEV Grizzly Research · p. 15
quote section divider

"A transformation of Phillips is long overdue. — Elliott's letter to Phillips 66's board, 2/11/25"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 9
quote appendix disclosure

"A transformation of Phillips is long overdue. — Elliott's letter to Phillips 66's board, 2/11/25"

Phillips 66 · PSX Elliott Management · p. 11
quote appendix data

"Vilanek, Chairman: Although that was not a question, correction: the north is my home. — Vilanek"

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 77
quote timeline

"IR tell Palliser they have to "earn" Management meeting following exercise of shareholder rights"

Keisei Electric Railway · 9009 Palliser Capital · p. 8
quote villain critique

"“The Company has been deficient in linking executive pay to corporate performance” — Glass Lewis"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 55
quote villain critique

"“The Company has been deficient in linking executive pay to corporate performance” — Glass Lewis"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 54
quote peer gap

""We've been clear. We are very proud of the global portfolio we have." — John Hess, January 2013"

Hess Corporation · HES Elliott Management · p. 20
quote villain critique

"Xponential Fitness (XPOF) – "Abusive Franchisor That Is A House of Cards" — Fuzzy Panda Research"

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. · BOOT Spruce Point Capital · p. 76
quote villain critique

"College Prep Software Naviance Is Selling Advertising Access to Millions of Student — The Markup"

PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. · PWSC Spruce Point Capital · p. 70
quote villain critique

"“The Company has been deficient in linking executive pay to corporate performance” – Glass Lewis"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 55
quote villain critique

"“The Company has been deficient in linking executive pay to corporate performance” — Glass Lewis"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 54
quote other

"One Year Clinical Outcomes Following Pulsed Field Ablation for Paroxysmal AF — Reddy, VY, et al."

AtriCure, Inc. · ATRC Kerrisdale Capital · p. 28
quote executive summary

"“story that I think Wall Street wants to hear” — Ex-employees, competitors, and industry experts"

Twist Bioscience · TWST Scorpion Capital · p. 11
quote ceo quote

"「Urashimaはレーザーテックの資産です。それを強調しておきたいです。レーザーテックはUrashimaの技術を活用するのは自由自在です」 — Isteqの研究開発部門における中心的な従業員"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 178
quote villain critique

"“The Company has been deficient in linking executive pay to corporate performance” — Glass Lewis"

Darden Restaurants, Inc. · DRI Starboard Value · p. 41
quote villain critique

"Pfizer's Ibrance kisses early breast cancer hopes goodbye with 2nd study failure — Fierce Pharma"

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 21
quote villain critique

"“non cash transaction that led to an increase in non-current assets” — Ströer 2015 Annual Report"

Ströer SE & Co. KGaA · SAX Muddy Waters · p. 14
quote transition

"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. — Yogi Berra"

Apple Inc. · AAPL Greenlight Capital · p. 47
quote precedent table

"Home Sellers Win $1.8 Billion After Jury Finds Conspiracy Among Realtors — Headline, WSJ article"

Zillow Group, Inc. · Z Spruce Point Capital · p. 38
quote villain critique

"“at baseline, 60% of study participants were identified as having evidence of PD/DM” — J. Miller"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 124
quote villain critique

"“amended prior to unblinding of the study.” — Harmony Biosciences (as cited by Scorpion Capital)"

Harmony Biosciences Holdings · HRMY Scorpion Capital · p. 230
quote appendix data

"RUN investor relations referred to tax equity as “effectively debt” — Sunrun Investor Relations"

Sunrun Inc. · RUN Muddy Waters · p. 30
quote villain critique

"spent nearly two decades in senior leadership roles at Paysafe Group. — Neil Erlick's biography"

Nuvei Corp · NVEI Spruce Point Capital · p. 27
quote villain critique

"“This is a criminal organization that makes you pay for water you can't drink.” — Christopher T"

Essential Utilities, Inc. · WTRG Spruce Point Capital · p. 21
quote villain critique

"The CMO also settled an FTC charge of deceptive acts and was banned from engaging in Robocalls."

Generac Holdings, Inc. · GNRC Spruce Point Capital · p. 123
quote peer gap

"the math doesn't math on pubco [publicly traded] miners. — A seasoned bitcoin mining consultant"

Riot Platforms, Inc. · RIOT Kerrisdale Capital · p. 9
quote filler

"“When was the last time you exercised something other than a purchase option?” — Dave Carpenter"

Peloton Interactive · PTON Greenlight Capital · p. 30
quote ceo quote

"Combination leads to ~$2.4B in free cash flow in FY23 — Autodesk 2018 Investor Day Presentation"

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 18
quote villain critique

"It only took one day for the only other potential buyer to decide it had no interest in Celgene"

Bristol-Myers Squibb · BMY Starboard Value · p. 142
quote ceo quote

"Our commitment is to total transparency. — Des Walsh, Fox Business interview (January 10, 2013)"

Herbalife Ltd. · HLF Pershing Square · p. 1
quote villain critique

"Samsara has been investing in AI since its early days, says CEO Sanjit Biswas — CNBC Interviews"

Samsara Inc. · IOT Spruce Point Capital · p. 6
quote villain critique

"Gilat To Pay $20M To Settle Securities Class Action Fraud Allegations — Headline on Gilat chart"

Perion Network Ltd. · PERI Spruce Point Capital · p. 22
quote kpi overview

"According to Lumen, capex will be "meaningful" and timing will be "lumpy." — Kerrisdale Capital"

Lumen Technologies · LUMN Kerrisdale Capital · p. 4
quote ceo quote

"Combination leads to ~$2.4B in free cash flow in FY23 — Autodesk 2018 Investor Day Presentation"

Autodesk, Inc. · ADSK Starboard Value · p. 18
quote villain critique

"Cramer: "Cintas is a terrific play on job growth and has more room to run". — CNBC's Jim Cramer"

Cintas Corp. · CTAS Spruce Point Capital · p. 63
quote transition

"“To hide a lie, a thousand lies are needed” — 英語のことわざ; 「嘘を隠には、もっと大きな嘘が必要になる」 — 東野圭吾 『嘘をもうひとつだけ』"

Lasertec Corporation · 6920 Scorpion Capital · p. 2
quote villain critique

"“Yeah, it’s not uncommon.” — Transplant procurement surgeon previously working with TransMedics"

TransMedics Group Inc · TMDX Scorpion Capital · p. 192
quote villain critique

"Graph comparison: Shoemaker et al, July 14, 2025, p7 vs. Miller et al (2024) — Scorpion Capital"

Soleno Therapeutics · SLNO Scorpion Capital · p. 130
quote appendix data

"“in accordance with the application” — R v Ashford BC, ex p Shepway DC [1998] EWHC 3094 (Admin)"

BP plc · BP Bluebell Capital · p. 22
quote villain critique

"IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA PLAY THE GAME MY WAY... I'M GONNA TAKE MY BALL AND GO HOME. — Robert Ariail"

Assured Guaranty · AGO Greenlight Capital · p. 15
quote ceo quote

"the quantitative models we employ are subject to the risk of oversimplification — Remitly 10-K"

Remitly Global, Inc. · RELY Spruce Point Capital · p. 47
quote ceo quote

"Completed deals + Seagen have the potential to contribute >$20.5B — Pfizer Public Presentation"

Pfizer Inc. · PFE Starboard Value · p. 43
quote villain critique

"“Medicine wasn't my strength, so I went into design.” — Heather Hasson (Hasson Inc. interview)"

FIGS, Inc. · FIGS Spruce Point Capital · p. 99
quote timeline

"9/30/14: US District Court dismisses shareholder lawsuit seeking to enjoin the net worth sweep"

Unknown · p. 63
quote filler

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

Peloton Interactive · PTON Greenlight Capital · p. 3