According to reports, eBay is in settlement talks with activist investors in the hopes of avoiding a proxy fight on the online marketplace. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that eBay has been meeting with Elliott Management and Starboard Value to discuss board seats...
SQN Investors, an investment firm that owns 4 percent of Yelp, is calling on the company to follow its recommendations to grow the business or prepare for a proxy fight. Bloomberg, citing SQN, which is among Yelp’s biggest shareholders, reported the tech-focused investment firm thinks...
In a continuance of a battle over board of director nominees, Green Dot (GDOT) is taking its fight to the masses. As has been reported, the firm has been locked in a war of words against holder Harvest Capital, which has been agitating for its...
06 March 2014 A new voice has entered the ongoing argument between eBay’s CEO and activist investor Carl Icahn about the future of the payments wing of eBay Inc., PayPal. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has come out in a blog post to accuse Icahn of being short-sited...
April 26, 2022
Alta Fox, an activist fund in a proxy fight with Hasbro, will be working alongside other investors to vote against reelecting the company’s chairman and two other board members at its meeting coming up June 8. The company said this comes with an ongoing battle between Hasbro, which is the biggest U.S. toymakers, and Alta, […]
February 27, 2019
According to reports, eBay is in settlement talks with activist investors in the hopes of avoiding a proxy fight on the online marketplace. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg...
January 16, 2019
SQN Investors, an investment firm that owns 4 percent of Yelp, is calling on the company to follow its recommendations to grow the business or prepare for a proxy fight....
May 13, 2016
In a continuance of a battle over board of director nominees, Green Dot (GDOT) is taking its fight to the masses. As has been reported, the firm has been locked...