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Former Pfizer executives pull out of activist investor Starboard's ...

Hedge fund had enlisted help from ex-chair Ian Read and former finance chief Frank D'Amelio.

Activist Investors: Meaning, Examples, & Strategies | Britannica Money

Using a proxy strategy enables activists to leverage the voting power of other stock owners—institutional fund managers who control millions of shares, as well ...

What CEOs And Boards Need To Know About Shareholder Activism

For boards, shareholder activism can also have direct implications for individual directors. The ultimate weapon in an activist's arsenal is a proxy contest to ...

Boards of Directors and ESG - Marsh McLennan

... board seats after a proxy fight premised on the activist's claim that Exxon had not developed an adequate business strategy around climate change. The two ...

Southwest Airlines Bends To Activist Investor, Restructures Board

Southwest Airlines has settled with the activist hedge fund investor Elliott Investment Management and has agreed to restructure its board.

Our Board of Directors - AWID

AWID's board members are drawn from a diverse constituency of policy makers, academics, researchers, activists, funders, practitioners, and business people ...

Farm Aid Board and Staff

Learn about the Farm Aid board of directors and members of its staff ... He handpicked Carolyn Mugar, an activist for many social issues, including ...

Shareholder Activism and Corporate Governance | Jones Day

Directors Beware: How to Navigate Belgium's Latest Tort Liability Changes · July 24, 2024 Commentary. Under Pressure—Rethinking Board Practices · July 23, 2024 ...

The Activist Investing Annual Review 2022 | Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

... directors, even without an activist alternative, among other topics. Click ... Since 2020, the success rate of activist board representation demands ...

Leadership & Staff - NAACP

President & CEO Derrick Johnson. The accomplished activists, professionals, and philanthropists who lead NAACP are committed to ending race-based discrimination ...

Shareholder Activism: A High and Rising Tide | Insights

Lawrence: The thing is, many companies don't disclose a whole lot about their directors beyond what's required in regulatory filings. Investors ...

What Is Activist Investing? A Catalyst for Change - Olstein Funds

The primary goal of the activist investor is capital appreciation. While many traditional value managers also pursue this objective, the vast majority of such ...

Shareholder Activist Litigation | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan ...

We represent many prominent hedge funds, activist investors, boards of directors, special committees, individual directors, and large public and private ...

Activist directors: Determinants and consequences - [email protected]

This paper examines the determinants and consequences of hedge fund activism with a fo- cus on activist directors, i.e., those directors ...

Activist investor Elliott takes Southwest fight to shareholders ...

It also added a new director earlier this year and said six directors would go in November and that executive chairperson Gary Kelly would leave ...

Activism, Short-Termism, and the SEC: Remarks at the 21st Annual ...

Activism, Short-Termism, and the SEC: Remarks at the 21st Annual Stanford Directors' College by Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher at the 21st ...

Recent Developments for Directors - November 2024 - JD Supra

SEC Penalizes Director for Misleading D&O Questionnaire Response · Activist Campaigns Target Small-Cap Companies, Poor Company Performance, and ...

Shareholder Activism & Takeover Defense - Paul Hastings LLP

... activist shareholders' campaigns ... Shareholder activism has become part of the corporate landscape, and public companies and boards of directors ...

SPOTLIGHT ON BOARDS AND SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM - LinkedIn

ACTIVISM THROUGH SHAREHOLDER CONTROL. Shareholders, as the owners of companies, are best placed to control and ultimately hold directors ...

Different visions of stewardship: understanding interactions between ...

Christie, 'The New Hedge Fund Activism: Activist Directors and the Market ... managers and activist shareholders have different stewardship preferences.