Boards should consider the pros and cons of reaching a settlement with activists as campaigns once again make headlines after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Carl Icahn has stepped up his criticism of the McDonald’s board leading up to its annual meeting in May. In a letter to shareholders late last month, the activist claimed the board was “failing shareholders and stakeholders by presiding over animal welfare violations, supply chain lapses and what I perceive to be a hollow environmental, social and governance ... agenda.”
Each year, Lex Mundi works with members of the global general counsel community to identify a core challenge to advancing corporate strategy. The report combines redacted evidence from Lex Mundi's consultations with additional research and analysis.
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The firm SquareWell has analyzed the 100 biggest activist campaigns undertaken in the last two years to change the management of companies
The dispute between Petrus Advisers and Aareal Bank is one of the top 100 campaigns by activist investors worldwide. This case is typical in two respects.
Change in the boardroom is the single biggest demand made by activist investors when they take a stake in a company, according to SquareWell's research.
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