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ACTIVIST SHAREHOLDER

Activist shareholders are investors who use their ownership stakes in publicly traded companies to influence strategic changes in the hopes of increasing shareholder value. The goals of activist shareholders vary from financial (i.e., increasing value) to non-financial (i.e., moving to sustainable practices). Prominent activist shareholders include pension funds, such as Calpers and Calsters, as well as hegde fund managers like Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman and Chris Hohn.

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...a talk as part of the Shareholder Activism course here ... compared with the activist shareholder.

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Investor advocates are hailing a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decision Tuesday that will make it easier...

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Activist hedge fund manager Nelson Peltz has joined the board of directors of Legg Mason after his Trian Fund...

QOTDmore

...not believe that Yahoo any longer needs an activist shareholder. – Excerpt from activist investor Carl...

10/27/2009: Business: Investor Peltz joins asset manager Legg...more

NEW YORK | Billionaire investor and activist shareholder Nelson Peltz is joining the board of directors of asset...

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So, what about the proxy battle? Attendees reported at the Actuarial Outpost that the question of whether it was...

QOTD [Digital Daily]more

...believe that Yahoo any longer needs an activist shareholder.” – Excerpt from activist investor Carl...

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Billionaire investor and activist shareholder Nelson ... chain and foodmaker H.J. Heinz -- after his company, Trian...

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Billionaire investor and activist shareholder Nelson Peltz is joining the board of directors of asset manager Legg...

Carl Icahn to Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz: ‘I Wish You Could Be...more

I do not believe that Yahoo any longer needs an activist shareholder."

Steel Partners Urges Adaptec Stockholders To Follow Recommendation...more

New York-based activist hedge fund and stockholder Steel Partners II L.P., engaged in a proxy battle with digital data...

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But the battle for control of Kotkai, the native village of Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud and another militant known...

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...hosted this week by a new liberal Jewish advocacy group has sparked a diplomatic row and proxy battle over the Obama...

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...is probably key to note that George Anders (who wrote Perfect Enough in 2003 about HP, Carly and the proxy battle...

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Investor Carl Icahn quits Yahoo boardmore

Carl Icahn, the activist investor who ... Ultimately, he agreed to drop the proxy battle in exchange for a board

Not With a Bang, but a Whimper: Icahn Leaves Yahoo Boardmore

After mounting a proxy fight–including the lobbing of a series of poison-pen ... logical next step and appointed the...

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