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DuPont wins board fight against activist investor Trian

2015-05-13 18:46:19| Canadian Plastics Headlines

U.S. chemical conglomerate DuPont Co. has defeated an attempt by activist investor Nelson Peltz and his Trian Fund Management L.P. to land seats on the DuPont board. As reported by Reuters news service, Peltz’s Trian Fund Management had sought four… The post DuPont wins board fight against activist investor Trian appeared first on Canadian Plastics.

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Activist investor ends proxy fight with Select Comfort

2015-05-13 00:25:35| Furniture - Topix.net

The activist investment firm trying to unseat two Select Comfort Corp. directors with its own candidates has given up its fight. Minneapolis-based Blue Clay Capital Management sent a letter to Select Comfort shareholders telling them it's pleased with the actions taken by the Plymouth-based mattress company and withdrew its board nominees.

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Proxy Advisors Side With Activist Funds in Their Battles Against DuPont

2015-04-29 19:57:31| Chemicals - Topix.net

Nelson Peltz 's Trian Partners and Rehan Jaffer 's H Partners Management have each received important backing in their respective proxy fights from influential proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Service . In Trian's case, the advisory firm this week urged shareholders to vote for two of Trian's director nominees for the board of E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co , including Peltz himself, while withholding their votes for Trian's other two nominees and the nominees put forward by DuPont.

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Another Activist Target In Waste Management

2015-04-29 15:41:01| Waste Management - Topix.net

Tuesday, JCP Investment Management went active on the $220 million market cap waste management company, Casella Waste Systems . Via an SEC filing , JCP owns 5% of the company and will be trying to get three nominees elected to the board, citing gross underperformance of its stock as a key reason.

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