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CEA Industries Agrees to Add Three YZi Labs-Backed Directors Amid 92% Stock Collapse
CEA Industries Inc. (BNC) and YZi Labs Management Ltd. signed a cooperation agreement on June 23, 2026, expanding the board to six directors and immediately seating three YZi Labs-backed nominees — ending YZi Labs’ active campaign against the company. The deal arrives with BNC…
Proxy Fights to Watch in 2026: Pacira, Medallion, Genco & Seer
Boardroom Alpha’s 2026 proxy-fight tracker: Pacira, Medallion, Genco and Seer head to contested votes in June and July — after CarMax, WEX and Lululemon settled with activists.
CEO Pay: The $25 Million Plus Pay Club (2026)
Boardroom Alpha’s 2026 ranking of every U.S. public-company CEO paid $25M+ in fiscal 2025 — 207 in all, led by Welltower Inc’s $821.1M package, which drew just 19% Say-on-Pay…
Why Lululemon Settled: The Signals That Pointed to a Deal, Not a Vote
Chip Wilson won’t get the clean victory he sought — or the defeat the board wanted to hand him. He gets a settlement. We read the dynamics that produced it.
2026 Proxy Season Scorecard: Six Say-on-Pay Failures, AI Lands on Mega-Cap Ballots, and the Anti-ESG Pile-Up
Through May 21, 2026, U.S. public-company shareholders rejected six annual-meeting Say-on-Pay packages outright, voted against 18 directors at 14 companies, and crushed dozens of…
From the desk this month
Fortune Brands Names Jesse G. Singh CEO and This Week’s C-Suite Recap — July 3, 2026
Fortune Brands finally gets its CEO, Copart reset the top seat after an 81% peak-to-trough collapse, and Rush Enterprises showed that not every C-suite reset comes from distress.
Weekly Recap: JPM Succession Plus PLNT, CNTA, NKE Moves — June 26, 2026
JP Morgan’s succession shift will dominate the dicussion, but we also saw consumer and healthcare names making moves as laggards swapped operators while biotech winners cleaned up…
Fiserv (FISV), Huntsman (HUN) and Innodate (INOD) Highlight This Week’s C-Suite Changes — June 19, 2026
Fiserv, Huntsman and Innodata reset leadership under very different conditions. FISV changed CEOs after a brutal drawdown, HUN carried merger-era governance baggage, and INOD…
Weekly C-Suite Recap: KALV, MU, MRVL Rewire Boardrooms — June 12, 2026
Volatility, not raw move count, set the tone: 13 CEO changes and 20 CFO changes landed as Healthcare led C-suite turnover with seven CEO/CFO transitions. KalVista reset its…
Rapid7, Trade Desk, Penguin Shift C-Suites This Week — June 5, 2026
Rallies did not buy governance calm. This week brought 17 CEO changes and 23 CFO changes, with 12 companies qualifying as bleeding C-suites after repeated top-office turnover.…
Peloton (PTON), Clorox (CLX), and Six Flags (FUN) Lead This Week’s C-Suite Changes — May 29, 2026
C-suite churn concentrated where market patience is thinnest: consumer cyclicals led CEO/CFO turnover, and the week brought 11 CEO changes and 12 CFO changes overall. Peloton…
The daily SPAC brief
SPAC Market Update July 8, 2026: Freedom Metals Prices $275M IPO, DAAQ and BCAR Votes Set
Freedom Metals Acquisition Corp. (FDMM) priced a $275M SPAC IPO on July 8, 2026, backed by NLC America SPAC 1 LLC and targeting critical minerals and mining. Separately,…
SPAC Market Update July 7, 2026: Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. III Prices $300M IPO, SVAC-General Fusion Vote Clears
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. III (BCCQ) priced a $300M SPAC IPO on July 7, 2026, backed by Bleichroeder Sponsor 3 LLC. Separately, Spring Valley Acquisition Corp III (SVAC) won…
SPAC Market Update July 2, 2026: VII, MIAC Price $375M of SPAC IPOs
Viking Acquisition Corp. II (VII) and Meridian3 Industrials Acquisition Corp (MIAC) priced SPAC IPOs on July 2, 2026, raising $375M combined. Separately, Plum Acquisition Corp IV…
SPAC Market Update July 1, 2026: OSPR Prices $261M IPO, TACH-OpenPayd F-4 Filed
Osprey Acquisition Corp. III (OSPR) priced a $261M SPAC IPO on July 1, 2026, targeting energy infrastructure, utility-scale battery storage and AI-enabled energy optimization.…
SPAC Market Update June 30, 2026: CEPT-Securitize Clears After $73M Redemptions, AAC $345M IPO
Cantor Equity Partners II Inc (CEPT) won approval for its merger with Securitize, Inc. on June 30, 2026 after $73M in redemptions. Separately, Ares Acquisition Corp III (AAC)…
SPAC Market Update June 29, 2026: CEPT-Securitize Vote, Elroy Air Investor Deck
Cantor Equity Partners II Inc (CEPT) held its merger vote with Securitize, Inc. on June 29, 2026; Securitize manages over $4 billion in tokenized funds and equities. Separately,…
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