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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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Friday following a report that the company is more likely to work on a break-up plan with an activist shareholder.
Stock Buzz), the maker of Jim Beam bourbon and Moen faucets, is now more likely to cooperate with activist shareholder...
with the company and see it through the challenging years ahead." Investor Ron Burkle, who waged a proxy battle...
his own telling of it justice. The blog launches on a day that Icahn was defeated in his proxy battle against Biogen.
a break-up of the company, according to a New York Post report. The paper said that one particular activist shareholder...
The Activist Investor (TAI), specializing in advising investors in using shareholder activism for turnaround of...
Mortgage-backed bond fund Ellington Financial LLC recently raised $101 million in an initial public offering, selling 4.
Last week activist shareholder MMI Investors (Millbrook Capital) sent a letter to EMS Technologies Inc.
percent is likely to change, said another person. Names that have been mentioned include Jana Partners and billionaire...
said that he will be closely monitoring developments at the company over the coming weeks and months. "Any...
ESL Investments Inc was founded in 1988 by Edward 'Eddie' S. Lampert. ESL is a private investment firm that manages...
hedge fund manager Steve Eisman, who holds a position in Genworth Financial, announced he plans to wage a proxy battle...
Last week activist orientated hedge fund manager Ramius Capital Group entered into a settlement with Aviat Networks Inc.
There's speculation that activist shareholder West Face Capital may push for a breakup of Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
Odland The SEC accused Odland -- who served five years at the company's helm and weathered a proxy battle in 2008 -- of...
Globe and Mail Update 0 comments Print /License Decrease text size Increase text size On Friday afternoon activist...
must be a compulsive shopper. The activist investor -- who famously choked up after he lost an expensive proxy battle...
With some drama and controversy, last month the SEC granted activist investors one long-held wish, for proxy access.
To their credit, SEC commissioners use the rather colloquial and workman-like (and inapt, see below) “proxy plumbing”...
As a long holder of Microsoft (MSFT), I submitted last week a resolution for Microsoft to significantly increase its...
Paolo Pellegrini’s hedge fund firm launched in 2008 with much fanfare, but now the famed investor is reportedly...
6.8%. 3G, a little-known investment firm, was last in the spotlight in 2008, when it waged a proxy battle alongside The...
Since June, Trian Fund Management has been aggressively acquiring shares in Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO).
benefit the family of the company's largest shareholder. It was the latest move in Burkle's monthlong proxy battle with...
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