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Elliott raises Telecom Italia stake to 9.9% - report

2018-04-04 15:07:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Activist fund Elliott has increased its stake in Telecom Italia (TIM) to 9.9 percent following its call to replace six Vivendi-nominated board members, including chairman Arnaud de Puyfontaine, with its own candidates, reports La Repubblica. TIM has officially announced that it will supplement the agenda of the upcoming Annual Shareholders' Meeting to be held on 24 April with Elliott's motion but the report indicates that Vivendi and funds association Assogestioni are also expected to submit a slate with their board candidates. Shareholders could even request that the board be enlarged from the current 15 members.

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Majority of TIM board resigns following Elliott pressure

2018-03-23 09:12:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Telecom Italia (TIM) has announced the resignation of the majority of its board of directors, in what has been seen as a way of pre-empting a move by activist fund Elliott to counter how the operator's largest investor Vivendi is running the company. In a statement, TIM said its chairman and Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine would step down on 24 April along with deputy chairman Giuseppe Recchi and six other directors, calling on shareholders to vote for a new board on 04 May.

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Activist investor Elliott increases TIM stake to counter Vivendi - report

2018-03-06 09:51:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Activist investor Elliott Management is increasing its stake in Telecom Italia (TIM) in a bid to counter how the operator's largest investor Vivendi is running the company, according to unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg. Elliott is mulling the possibility of nominating directors to TIM's board and pushing for other changes at the company, said the sources, adding that the hedge fund is concerned about the operator's falling stock and business performance since Vivendi took majority control of the board.

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