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Category Archives: Activist Investor
Transocean Has Nothing Good To Say About Icahn Nominees
Transocean explodes with a gusher of crude quotes in a press release responding to ISS’ assessment of Carl Icahn’s nominees. Carl Icahn is looking for some representation on the board of directors of Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG), and ISS agrees … Continue reading
Proxy Battle for The Timken Company In Full Effect. Timken Sends Letter to Shareholders Criticizing Proposal from Relational Investors and CalSTRS
Timken warns shareholders not to be fooled by misleading dissident campaign. We have been following the Timken/Relational-CalSTRS saga for a while now. It is now in full proxy fight mode. The latest is Timken’s launch against the dissidents with a … Continue reading
Posted in Activist Investor, Business Strategy, Hedge Funds, Opps, Relational Investors, Spinoff
Tagged Activist Investor, Ball Bearings, CalSTRS, Chevy Chase, Fletch, Opps, Relational Investors, Schedule 13D, Spin-off, Spinoff, Steel, Timken, TKR
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Emulex Corporation and Elliott Associates Enter Into Agreement For Standstill, Board Seats
Hedge Fund gets closer to the driver’s seat with Emulex. We’ve been following the Emulex/Elliott saga for a while now and watched as one of our favorite hedge funds was working from the outside to create some value at Emulex, … Continue reading
Posted in Activist Investor, Elliott Associates, Hedge Funds, Opps, Shareholder Rights, Uncategorized
Tagged Activist Investor, Elliott Associates, Elliott Management, ELX, Emulex, Form 8-K, Hedge Fund, Johnny Depp, Kiera Knightly, Master and Commander, Novell, Orlando Bloom, Paul Singer, Pirates of the Caribbean, Russell Crowe, Schedule 13D
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Can You Hear Me Now?* Paulson Joins Schoenfeld In Opposing MetroPCS/T-Mobile Deal
*Yes, I know that is for Verizon, but neither company has such a snappy catchphrase. Paulson & Co., of multibillion dollar mortgage short fame, owns about 9.9% of the MetroPCS outstanding stock, making it the largest shareholder. Paulson sent some static … Continue reading
Posted in Activist Investor, Hedge Funds, M&A
Tagged acquisition, AT&T, Cell Phone, Deutsche Telekom, John Paulson, M&A, Merger, MetroPCS, Paulson, Paulson & Co., PCS, Schoenfeld, Sprint, Verizon, VZ, Wireless
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Compuware Going Private?
After previously sparring with Elliott Associates over a takeover offer, Compuware decides to take its ball and go home. And invites Elliott Associates. The always awesome Elliott Associates previously made a $3.2 billion bid for Compuware Corporation (CPWR). The market … Continue reading
Posted in Activist Investor, Elliott Associates, Hedge Funds, IPO, M&A, Private Equity, Spinoff
Tagged acquisition, Blackstone, BX, Compuware, Covisint, CPWR, Elliott Associates, Elliott Management, Going Private, Golden Gate Capital, M&A, Merger, TPG Capital
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Starboard Value Nudges Office Depot To Create Some Shareholder Value. In Totally Unrelated News, Office Depot to Merge With OfficeMax.
On September 18, 2012, we reported that Starboard Value was having a shredding party with Office Depot (ODP), announcing it owned over 13% of its shares and telling them how to run their business. ODP closed at $2.59/share that day. … Continue reading
Posted in Activist Investor, Hedge Funds, M&A, Starboard Value
Tagged acquisition, Dunder Mifflin, Form 10-K, M&A, Merger, ODB, ODP, Office Depot, Office Space, OfficeMax, Ol Dirty Bastard, OMX, PC Load Letter, Starboard, Starboard Value, Steve Carrell, takeover, The Office, Wu Tang Clan
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Point to Einhorn, Greenlight In First Volley Of Apple Litigation Over Shareholder Meeting
As we previously reported, David Einhorn and Greenlight Capital are unhappy with how Apple bundled some shareholder proposals for its upcoming annual meeting. Specifically, it would remove some discretion from Apple’s directors before implementing Einhorn’s preferred method of returning cash … Continue reading
Posted in Activist Investor, Apple, David Einhorn, Hedge Funds, Lawsuit, Shareholder Meeting, Shareholder Rights
Tagged Activist Investor, Annual Meeting, Apple, Apple Computer, Bruce Willis, Cisco, CSCO, David Einhorn, Die Hard, Dividend, Einhorn, Greenlight, Greenlight Capital, Hedge Fund and tagged AAPL, INTC, Intel, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Jerkweed, Lawsuit, Microsoft, MSFT, OCLE, Oracle, Repurchase, Shareholder Meeting, Shareholder Rights
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