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- What Is a Poison Pill?
- "Poison pills" work to thwart hostile takeovers, but they can also turn shareholders against you. How It Works Most poison-pill agreements are triggered when an outside company or individual — think Carl Icahn, for example — acquires ...
- Articles 2008-08-11
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- Corporate governance: Activist shareholders are `cabbing it' to 2004 proxy season; Previous changes haven't been enough to satisfy investors.(News)
- Byline: Barry B. Burr Compensation, auditing and board issues are proliferating this proxy season. Patrick McGurn, special counsel, vice president and director-corporate programs, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., Rockville, Md., calls them CAB issues. "I guess I'd call this proxy season...
- Research articles 2004-02-23
- NIRI NY Presents How to Work with Activist Investors
- A 360 Degree Look At Both Sides Of The Activist Investor Equation NEW YORK -- The New York Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI-NY) will host a lively panel discussion on Thursday, January 24, 2008 identifying recent activist investor trends. The panel will provide strategies to help...
- Research articles 2008-01-17
- Cavalier Homes: Will Activist Shareholders Win Out?
- Brendan Wagner submits:Monday morning Cavalier Homes CAV announced it has agreed to be purchased for $2.75 per share, a 23% premium to Friday's closing price and up near the the 52 week high. What's interesting to me in this "activist" situation is that the shareholders arguing for change are also...
- External links 2009-06-16
- Activist Shareholders Welcomed as Stakeholders (Finally)
- Big pharma company Pfizer announced today that it will hold regular face-to-face meetings with its largest shareholders, setting an important precedent in the post-Enron "sunshine" era of investor relations. As BusinessWeek's Jena McGregor notes in her blog post, Pfizer's move may be a reaction to "2006’s fireworks-laden meeting," when shareholders...
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- Retail Roundup: Wal-Mart Revamps Look, Shareholders Try to Oust Dillard's CEO, and More
- Wal-Mart revamps look --- Wal-Mart, famous for its bargain prices, has shifted its focus toward aesthetics, unveiling a new design for remodeled stores on Oct. 29. "We're trying to make it more experiential, rather than just stuff we're selling," said Joe Tapper, vice president for store presentation. "We've placed emphasis...
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Icahn gains ground in fight with Moto; Shareholders lining up for activist investor; big shake-up predicted.(News)(investor Carl Icahn and Motorola Inc. )
- Byline: STEVEN R. STRAHLER Carl Icahn is gaining support from Motorola Inc. shareholders, increasing the likelihood the activist investor will land a seat on the company's board next week. Despite CEO Edward Zander's recent lobbying of large in Byline: STEVEN...
- Research articles 2007-04-30
- Orthofix Expresses Concern That Ramius Communications To Shareholders Contain Egregious Errors
- Activist Hedge Fund Has Made Multiple False Statements That Are Misleading To Orthofix Shareholders BOSTON -- Orthofix International N.V. (NASDAQ: OFIX) the Company today ...
- Research articles 2009-03-19
- Two-Tier Share-Voting Plan is Half-Baked
- All equity should be equal, according to Lord Myners, the former fund manager. The minister thinks committed shareholders should have more votes than short-term investors. Presumably he would want proof rather than a promise that shareholders are there for the long term, so his policy would effectively...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Shell, Statoil and XTO Mark Day of Shareholder Revolt
- Shareholder rebellion was in the air this week. And while not all were successful, the sheer number reveals just how emboldened and peeved investors have become over hefty bonuses and compensation packages awarded to executives who have failed to meet expectations. Royal Dutch Shell took the biggest hit....
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Investment giant urges shareholders to protest Telstra beak-up
- The chairman of Australia's largest listed investment company has urged shareholders to protest against the Government's plans to force Telstra to separate its wholesale and retail businesses, claiming the telco giant is entitled to get fair value for its assets. In a highly unusual step, the listed investment manager Australian...
- News items 2009-10-05
- How Not to Lose the Top Job
- Your CEO said, "You're the heir," so your succession to the C-suite seems assured. Don't start ordering office furniture just yet: Many "future CEOs" never get the position. That's because on the road to the top...
- Articles 2009-01-05
- Activist Targets Meeting of Irving, Texas-Based Associates First Capital.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 8 -- A Boston community activist known for staging outrageous stunts to promote his causes plans to attend Monday's annual shareholders' meeting of Associates First Capital Corp. in Irving to publicize allegations of lending abuses by the company. ...
- Research articles 1999-05-10
- HealthSouth to Fund Activist Proxy Fights
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - HealthSouth Corp HLS, the hospital operator that overhauled management after an 2003 accounting scandal, said on Monday that it would reimburse activist investors for costs to mount campaigns to install directors.The Birmingham, Alabama-based company announced the change as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission considers ways...
- News items 2009-10-26
- HealthSouth to Fund Activist Proxy Fights
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - HealthSouth Corp HLS, the hospital operator that overhauled management after an 2003 accounting scandal, said on Monday that it would reimburse activist investors for costs to mount campaigns to install directors. The Birmingham, Alabama-based company announced the change as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission considers...
- News items 2009-10-26
- A Primer on "Say on Pay"
- "Say on Pay" is likely to get a lot of traction in coming months with changes in the White House and possibly, in Congress. But what is it, exactly? Here is a brief primer: What is it? “Say on Pay†is a movement in the U.S....
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- GM likely to see dramatic meeting
- DETROIT -- General Motors faces what is likely to be its second-straight contentious annual shareholders meeting today. But this time, activist shareholders have a prominent group backing some of their efforts. At the 2005 meeting, GM was in the middle of a bad year that was getting worse. It...
- Research articles 2006-06-06
- Securities and Exchange Commission Clears Proxy Statement Filed by Activist Shareholder of Artes Medical, Inc
- - Proxy Seeking to Replace Five Board Directors - - Proxy Solicitation Firm to Contact Shareholders to Solicit Votes Ahead of Next Annual Shareholders' Meeting to Be Held on October 30, 2008 - NEW YORK -- Dr. H. Michael Shack, Proxy Organizer and shareholder of Artes Medical, Inc....
- Research articles 2008-10-06
- Carl Icahn: U.S. Government World's Biggest Activist Investor
- Greenbackd submits: In his blog, The Icahn Report, Carl Icahn argues in a new post, It’s Up to the Shareholders, Not the Government, to Demand Change at a Company, that “shareholders have been complicit in allowing management excesses and incompetence by not taking a stand.” Nell Minnow, editor and...
- External links 2009-04-16
- Citigroup Shareholders Meeting: Lessons in Corporate Governance
- Rick Konrad submits: Corporate governance has always been an important part of value investing. Obviously, most of us hate waste when precious company resources are squandered to build executive dreams rather than shareholder capital. Misallocation of capital and failure to optimize returns on capital have led me at times...
- External links 2009-04-21
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