Sentences with phrase «leading shareholder activist»
About Blog As a leading shareholder activist, Carl Icahn's efforts have unlocked billions of dollars of shareholder and bondholder value and have improved the competitiveness of American companies.
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MILAN, April 23 - A judge ruled in favor of an appeal by Telecom Italia and its leading investor Vivendi to block a vote on some board director replacements proposed by activist fund Elliott at an April 24 shareholders meeting, a court document showed.
The bid was raised after the company was pressured by shareholders led by activist hedge fund Elliott Management.
Opponents led by activist investor Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners had contended that splitting EQT's natural gas production and transportation businesses would better reward EQT shareholders.
A tech - savvy and surefooted negotiator, Cohn has since led more than 30 shareholder campaigns against the likes of Compuware, BMC Software, and lately EMC, becoming one of the most powerful and effective activists in the finance industry.
MILAN, April 23 (Reuters)- A judge ruled in favor of an appeal by Telecom Italia (TIM) and its leading investor Vivendi to block a vote on some board director replacements proposed by activist fund Elliott at an April 24 shareholders meeting, a court document showed.
For many large shareholders, the 2008 financial crisis was the turning point that led to greater collaboration with activists.
I guess the lesson of Travis Kalanick's resignation as chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc. is that you can be the visionary founder of a massive company, stay private to avoid the pressures of the public market, keep control of a majority of the voting power of the shares, and still be forced out in a boardroom coup led by activist shareholders:
The latest wave of activist - investor involvement has led to a record number of spinoffs, divestitures and various other strategic reorganizations in 2014, many of which often elicit cheers from shareholders.
Signed by the leading deal lawyer Martin Lipton and seven other Wachtell partners, the memo proposes that company boards consider adopting a bylaw prohibiting shareholder activists from compensating director nominees.
The company is the target of two activist investors, which could help unlock value for shareholders and has led to increased pressure for improving results at Juniper.
Conflicting objectives between activists / large shareholders doesn't really concern me — it tends to lead to decisive action in the end, unless management can close the valuation gap themselves in a timely fashion.
A small Canadian activist fund is leading a group of disgruntled shareholders in a campaign to break - up Research In Motion Limited (USA)(NASDAQ: RIMM).
I helped lead a protest outside Duke headquarters a few weeks ago, and last week activists rallied at Duke's annual shareholder meeting, calling for the retirement of the Asheville plant and the cleanup of not only the Dan River spill, but all of Duke's coal ash sites in the state.