As Aspen currently has no active business operations and a significant amount of liquid assets, Mr. Tombar believes that there is
broad shareholder support for the implementation of a plan of liquidation and distribution of substantially all of the proceeds from the Sale and Aspen's additional liquid assets to Aspen's stockholders.
In the 13D filing the individual states his intent which is «As Aspen currently has no active business operations and a significant amount of liquid assets, (individual name) believes that there is
broad shareholder support for the implementation of a plan of liquidation and distribution of substantially all the proceeds from the Sale and Aspen's additional liquid assets to Aspen's shareholders.
Not exact matches
There are many other tactics shareowners use as levers including, investor statements endorsed by a
broad group of institutional investors; direct outreach to other
shareholders; proxy voting services; and other investment advisors to gain
support for specific
shareholder proposals; and, outreach to consumers and the press as a way to draw public attention to an issue or a company.
It is our duty to
support the advancement of public policies that reflect the values of our employees, customers, consumers,
shareholders and business partners as well as the
broader public interest.
She also took aim at the
broad set of tax breaks called Start - Up NY, saying that the program uses SUNY campuses to create benefits for corporate
shareholders, even as
support of those campuses is gutted.
There is no evidence ever shown to
shareholders that validate any
broad support for this merger at any time by any large percentage of shares owned.
As a brief overview, the Management and Board have embarked upon a failed merger that garnered virtually no
support from its
shareholders, and was opposed by ISS, and continued on that path until the date of the special
shareholders meeting and scheduled vote, spending lavishly in a failed effort to close it; attempted to implement substantial new options to itself, a plan opposed by ISS and the
shareholders, which was withdrawn; continually paid itself outrageous sums of the
shareholders money over the past three years; rejected highly qualified outside board members with deep,
broad healthcare company experience
supported by its
shareholders; held many Board and Committee meetings with nothing to show for it; formed a new Strategic Transactions Committee that is highly paid but that has produced no deals for the
shareholders to consider or for any outside valuation experts to formally review; spent lavishly on accountants, auditors and counsel; failed to successfully hire any outside professional negotiators and finally extinguish or remove the outstanding lease obligations; distributed no cash to the
shareholders despite holding excess amounts; formed no special purpose entity to hold any royalty and milestone rights and payments for the benefit of its
shareholders; and thus generally failed in its fiduciary duties to
shareholders.
On the
shareholder front, BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil recently took an unexpected step by publicly
supporting shareholder resolutions seeking
broad disclosure of how the companies are managing climate change risks.