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Activism
Page 3Proxy Fight Progress: Ancora Drops Their Contest. TRC, NHI, PSX Meetings Set
Match Group (MTCH) makes changes to try to appease shareholders, but the incremental steps won’t be enough to end the proxy fight.
Match Group Scrambles to Appease Shareholders After Anson Push
Match Group (MTCH) makes changes to try to appease shareholders, but the incremental steps won’t be enough to end the proxy fight.
Opposing Goldman Sachs’ Retention Bonus is Irrational
Why ISS and Glass Lewis are wrong to tell Goldman Sachs shareholders to vote against the Solomon / Waldron retention compensation.
Which CEOs Are on the Hot Seat? Boardroom Alpha’s New Score Reveals Elevated Risk
Which CEOs are at risk of losing their jobs? Boardroom Alpha’s CEO Hot Seat Score reveals the executives facing the highest turnover risk based on real-time performance,…
Starboard Challenges Autodesk: Proxy Fight Looms Over Governance & Performance
Starboard Value is challenging Autodesk’s governance and financial performance, pushing for board changes in a high-stakes proxy fight. Learn about the activist campaign, SEC…
Can Engaged Capital Revitalize YETI?
Engaged Capital makes a necessary push at YETI while their board/management seem stuck and shareholders continue to lose.
Will a Proxy Fight with Anson Save Match Group?
Match (MTCH) has three powerful activists pushing for change. Will a stagnant, entrenched board see the light or waste shareholder dollars fighting change?
Whetstone Capital Advisors Launches Proxy Fight at OptimizeRX
Whetstone Capital will likely get its two board seats and strategic changes, but longer-term shareholders likely won’t recoup their losses.
Boardroom Alpha Weekly – March 7, 2025
Kenvue and Starboard Settle. Landsea pushed by Mill Road Capital. Elliott files preliminary contested proxy. Latest CEO/CFO moves. Helmerich & Payne directors not feeling the pain?
loanDepot and Anthony Hsieh Expand Cooperation Agreement Amid CEO Transition
loanDepot (LDI) founder Anthony Hsieh asserts himself with an extended cooperation agreement — Hsieh becomes Executive Chair, Frank Martell gone as CEO, and Board…
Starboard Ends Proxy Fight at Kenvue Following Cooperation Agreement
Starboard and Kenvue end their proxy fight with an agreement to add three new directors, including Starboard’s Jeffrey C Smith.
Mill Road Capital Pushes for Change at Landsea Homes – Nominates Three Directors
Mill Road Capital nominates three directors to the board of Landsea Homes (LSEA) as proxy fight kicks off. All three directors are tied to Mill Road and prior activism.
Elliott Management Takes Aim at Phillips 66 Board with Director Nominations and Governance Proposal
Elliott files its preliminary proxy for its contest with Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) and nominates seven directors and pushes to declassify the board.
Activists Take Aim at Portillo’s and Quanterix in New Proxy Battles
Engaged Capital and Kent Lake launch activist proxy fights at Portillo’s and Quanterix, pushing for board changes to unlock shareholder value.
Daktronics (DAKT) and Alta Fox Resolve Reincorporation Dispute
Daktronics (DAKT) adds Bucks President Peter Feigin to the board as Alta Fox agrees to support reincorporation.
Boardroom Alpha Weekly – February 28, 2025
Garden Investments off to a fast start. Starboard is busy. Shareholders losing out at Johnson Outdoors. A slate of new CFOs come into high pressure situations.
Activism Update – June 28
Braemer Hotels (BHR) postpones shareholder meeting to October. MASI (v Politan) and Arex (v EHAB) release investor presentations. LL (v F9) liquidity concerns take center stage.
Activism Update – June 21
Braemer Hotels (BHR) and Blackwells continue their nasty fight. Masimo (MASI) takes more swings at Politan. LL Flooring Holdings (LL) and F9 Investments send dueling letters to…
Activism Update – June 17
WisdomTree (WT) and Medallion (MFIN) win their fights. Trian downsizes its stake in Invesco (IVZ). Enhabit (EHAB) and Masimo (MASI) set their meeting dates as their shareholders…
Activism Update – June 7
Wisdom Tree (WT) gets Glass Lewis, ISS, and Egon-Jones support. Medallion (MFIN) calls ZimCal self-serving. F9 Investments continues to hammer LL Flooring (LL).
Activism Update – May 31
Anika Therapeutics (ANIK) enters cooperation agreement with Caligan Partners. Arex comes out swinging against Enhabit (EHAB). MFIN cites ISS support while ZimCal tears into MFIN.…
Weekly Activism & Executive Moves Review (May 24)
Xperi Inc (XPER), Genco Shipping & Trading (GNK), and Crown Castle (CCI) all win at the ballot box. Blackwells calls out BHR on Instagram followers.
Bad Director Votes Should Send a Message (2024 Proxy Voting Update)
Low shareholder support for directors should send the board a signal that things need to change. Will they get the message in 2024?
Big Companies with Big Say-On-Pay Issues (2024 Shareholder Say-On-Pay Update)
Big CEO pay (see Broadcom) and poor performance (see Boeing) create big say-on-pay issues for these large cap companies in 2024.