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1. Lone Women in Boardroom are Likeliest to be Stretched for time
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Jul 30 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  Companies that hold out too long on adding their first female board member are more likely to pick one who’s already a director elsewhere, meaning she’ll have less time to devote to the firm, a Bloomberg Intelligence study found. Lone female directors served on an average of about 1.4 boards, the busiest of all classes of directors, according to the research released Tuesday by Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Rob Du Boff, who described the phenomenon as “ovHERboardedness.” For women on boards in the S&P 500 or Stoxx 600 with two or more female directors, there was little ...
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2. Takeaway.com Confirms $6 Billion Bid for Delivery Rival Just Eat
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Jul 29 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Takeaway.com NV has bid 5 billion pounds ($6.2 billion) for rival Just Eat Plc, a deal that would intensify a fight against rivals including Uber Technologies Inc. The Dutch-based company is offering an all share deal at a 15% premium to Just Eat’s share price on July 26, according to a statement Monday. The new company also intends to remain headquartered in Amsterdam, with a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange...
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3. Activist Peltz Pushing Ferguson to Exit the U.K., SkyNews Says
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Jul 28 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Activist investor Nelson Peltz is pushing Ferguson Plc to sell its U.K. business and move its stock-market listing to New York, SkyNews reported without citing sources. Peltz has also asked the board of the plumbing-equipment supplier to drop its listing on the London Stock Exchange. Ferguson generates 87% of its revenue in North America...
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4. Catalyst Offers to Buy Hudson’s Bay Shares to Block Takeover Bid
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Jul 22 2019 BoardNews
  
  Private equity firm Catalyst Capital Group Inc. is offering to purchase up to $150 million (US$114 million) worth of shares of Hudson’s Bay Co. ( HBC.TO ) as it builds a stake in the Canadian retailer in an effort to thwart a proposed takeover of the company. The Toronto-based firm said in a statement Monday it was was prepared to pay $10.11 per share in cash for up to roughly 14.8 million common shares...
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5. Deutsche Bank Executives Who Won and Lost in the Big Shakeup
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Jul 8 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing says he wants a real team to manage the company rather than a collection of individuals. And the roster is changing fast. Since taking over in a bitter boardroom fight just over a year ago, Sewing has moved to surround himself with executives that he’s worked closely with during his almost 30-year career while showing others the door...
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6. Jana Partners Is Said to Have Built Stake in Axalta Coating
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Jun 22 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Activist investor Jana Partners has built a position Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., the car paint maker that announced a strategic review, according to people familiar with the matter. The New York-based hedge fund run by Barry Rosenstein invested in recent months and has been pushing the company to explore alternatives, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter was private. The exact size of its stake couldn’t be learned...
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7. Chairman’s Bid for Hudson’s Bay ‘Woefully Inadequate,’ Litt Says
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Jun 18 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Activist investor Land & Buildings Investment Management has often pushed for change at struggling Hudson’s Bay Co. But not just any change will do -- especially not the chairman’s “woefully inadequate offer” to take the retailer private. The New York hedge fund, run by Jonathan Litt, came out swinging Tuesday against the C$9.45-a-share bid announced last week by Richard Baker and other investors for the remaining stock of Hudson’s Bay...
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8. Calpers Diversity Push Blends Social-Investing Camps
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Jun 18 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is after the new holy grail of investing: Doing well by doing good. Calpers, the largest U.S. pension fund with roughly $360 billion in assets, sponsored a proposal at casino operator Red Rock Resorts Inc.’s annual meeting last week requiring that board nominees running unopposed receive approval from a majority of shareholders...
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9. Bill Ackman misses the mark with Raytheon deal critique -
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Jun 12 2019 BoardNews
  
  Bill Ackman’s critique of United Technologies Corp.’s planned merger with Raytheon Co. cries out for a critique of its own. The activist investor sent an e-mail to United Technologies CEO Greg Hayes over the weekend expressing concern about reports that the company was nearing a deal with missile-maker Raytheon. “We cannot comprehend the strategic logic,” Ackman wrote of the merger, which was announced late Sunday as an all-stock, no premium transaction.
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10. Activist Investor Crystal Amber Seeks to Oust Allied Minds Board - Bnn
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Jun 12 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Crystal Amber Fund Ltd., the U.K. activist investor run by Richard Bernstein, is seeking to replace the board of technology incubator Allied Minds Plc after management rebuffed an attempt to discuss the company’s strategy. Crystal Amber, which has criticized Allied Minds’s executive compensation, is considering calling a shareholder meeting to oust the company’s current directors, Bernstein said in a phone interview Wednesday.
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11. Ackman Threatens Fight Over United Technologies-Raytheon Deal
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Jun 11 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Bill Ackman urged United Technologies Corp. to call off its proposed takeover of Raytheon Co., vowing to oppose a deal he assailed as lacking strategic sense. The transaction will crimp United Technologies’ aerospace business and be funded by a “highly dilutive” share issuance at a time when the stock is already trading at a discount, the activist investor said in a message early on June 9 after reports of a potential deal...
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12. Carl Icahn Challenges Occidental's ‘Hugely Overpriced’ Anadarko Deal
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg May 30 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn is challenging Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s $38 billion takeover of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., calling the transaction “fundamentally misguided and hugely overpriced” in a lawsuit that seeks corporate records related to the deal. Ichan holds more than $1.6 billion of Occidental stock, according to the suit filed in a Delaware court Thursday...
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13. Exxon Investors Move Closer to Upending Dual CEO-Chairman Role
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg May 29 2019 BoardNews
  
  Exxon Mobil Corp. ( XOM.N ) beat back mounting pressure to split the chairman and chief executive positions, and dismantle a structure that dates back decades and has seen the explorer through oil embargoes, war, currency crises and nationalizations. A total of 40.8 per cent of shareholders voted Wednesday for the proposal, an increase from last year’s 38.7 per cent but short of the simple majority required for it to pass at Exxon’s annual general meeting in Dallas...
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14. Old Mutual CEO in No Mood to Go Quietly in Boardroom Dispute -
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg May 25 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Old Mutual Ltd. has embarked on a transition unlike any in its 174-year history. Suspended by the board for conflicts of interest involving his investment firm NMT Capital, Chief Executive Officer Peter Moyo signaled he had no intention of going quietly. The 56-year-old South African insists he’s done nothing wrong and his links with NMT are above board. He is demanding a “complete” payout deal before he even considers accepting an exit offer, he said by phone on Friday...
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15. Activist Investors Get More Backing for Change at PDC Energy
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg May 24 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The push for change at oil and gas producer PDC Energy Inc. has won the support of another activist investor, who plans to vote in favor of Kimmeridge Energy Management’s three nominees for the board. Lion Point Capital, which owns a 2.3% stake in PDC Energy, believes the company requires changes at the board level to improve its performance...
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16. Acreage Shareholder Supports Canopy Deal Amid Opposition
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg May 23 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- One of Acreage Holdings Inc.’s earliest shareholders has come out in favor of its sale to Canopy Growth Corp. as the target company’s shares languish well below the offer price. Cresco Capital Partners LLC, which has owned Acreage since 2015, said the New York-based cannabis firm’s association with Canopy will give it a capital boost even before the closing of the deal, which is contingent on U.S. legalization...
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17. Texas Land Bank Proxy Fight Turns Ugly as Dissident Nominee Sued
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg May 22 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Texas Pacific Land Trust postponed a special shareholders meeting and sued the activist investor vying for a trustee job, the latest twist in an increasingly acrimonious proxy fight. The meeting, previously scheduled for June 6, has been called off until further notice to give investors "the opportunity to cast a fully informed vote,’’ Trustee David E. Barry said Tuesday in a statement...
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18. Wall Street Pay Proposal Being Negotiated by SEC, Bank Regulator
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg May 16 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The latest effort to impose restrictions on Wall Street bonuses is advancing as key regulators review a draft of new limits, according to Joseph Otting, head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Otting told members of the House Financial Services Committee at a Thursday hearing that a proposal written by his agency has been shared with the Securities and Exchange Commission...
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19. Allianz Wins Shareholder Backing for Changes to Executive Pay
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg May 8 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Allianz SE won shareholder approval for its new policy on management-board pay, avoiding the sort of investor backlash seen at some European firms in recent years. The German insurer proposed increasing the importance of fixed salary and long-term incentives in its first changes to remuneration policy since 2010. The plan passed easily at the firm’s annual general meeting on Wednesday with 92% of the votes cast...
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20. Deutsche Bank Execs Under Fire After Shareholder Adviser Reports
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg May 8 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG’s next challenge after the breakdown of merger talks with Commerzbank AG may be its own angry shareholders. ISS and Glass Lewis -- the world’s biggest shareholder advisory firms -- are recommending investors vote against backing Deutsche Bank’s management and supervisory board at its annual general meeting on May 23. The firms pointed to the shares, which lost about 40 percent over the past year, as well as the bank’s continued legal and business challenges...
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21. Papa John's Sales Fall Less Than Expected Under New Chairman
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg May 7 2019 BoardNews
  
  Papa John’s International Inc.’s (PZZA.O) sales topped analyst estimates, indicating the pizza seller is getting its mojo back under new management. Comparable sales in North America fell 6.9 per cent last quarter, beating projections for a 7.3-per-cent fall and slowing the recent pace of declines. The results are the first under new chairman Jeffrey Smith. The chain is pushing to bolster its advertising, and in March brought in a new global marketing head from Subway Restaurants...
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22. Asia's Longest-Serving Directors Can Be Found in the Philippines
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Apr 28 2019 BoardBlogs
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Family-led enterprises are common across Asia yet the Philippines takes such control to the extreme. Philippine companies have the region’s oldest directors and the longest board tenures as owners and their trusted advisers keep tight hold on the reins of banking, property and retail giants. This has implications in the region’s push for greater board diversity...
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23. Investor Revolt at Bayer to Escalate After CEO Keeps His Job
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Apr 27 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- The shareholder rebellion at Bayer AG is poised to worsen after its supervisory board ignored an unprecedented no-confidence vote against the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Werner Baumann. Several top investors of the German chemicals and drugs giant are frustrated with directors’ decision to back Baumann and his strategy that led to the $63 billion takeover of Monsanto, according to people familiar with the matter...
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24. Norwegian Oil Giant Bends to Investor Pressure on Climate
  
  Explore BNN Bloomberg Apr 24 2019 BoardNews
  
  (Bloomberg) -- Equinor ASA is the latest large oil company to bow to a major investor group that is pushing corporations to take more robust action on climate change. The Norwegian state oil giant has agreed to align its business model with the goals of the 2015 Paris climate accord, and will review its corporate lobbying policy and the carbon intensity of its products, the company said in a statement. It will also link executive pay to climate-related targets...
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