Activist Stocks: Citrix, Maxwell Tech, Full Circle, Manitowoc by Stock Pucker
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This Week In Activism Vol. 18
News —
- Marcato Capital got a win at Sotheby’s by getting permission to review the redacted parts of the 2014 settlement between Third Point and Sotheby’s
- Sabra Capital and Ronald Chez have teamed up to take on Cinedigm, penning a handful of letters. Sabra has been wrong on its Cinedigm, losing out big so far.
- Wynnefield thinks that MusclePharm has more liquidity issues than it’s letting on.
- Marathon Partners got two members on the Shutterfly board.
- RDG Capital convinced TravelCenters to do a sale-leaseback.
- GAMCO got three directors on the Pep Boys board as part of a settlement.
New campaigns —
- Elliott Associates is back at it in the tech/IT/software/cloud space, calling for a split of Citrix and noting there’s massive upside of 40%+ to $100 a share.
- Vertex Capital has filed a couple new campaigns, one of which is Maxwell Tech with a 5.1% stake and the other is at Numerex.
- Bulldog Investors is active at Full Circle.
- Glenview Capital is now active Manitowoc with a 7.1% stake, joining Carl Icahn.
Most read posts from stockpucker this week —
- June 2 – Thinking About Nelson Peltz’s Next Activist Target
- June 3 – Another Look At Nelson Peltz’s Next Activist Target
- June 5 – Sardar Biglari Prepping For Next Year’s Proxy Battle At Biglari Holdings ($BH)
- June 8 – Japan Activism: Sohn Conference edition
- June 10 – JANA Partners fail? Ashland ($ASH) will be its own activist
- June 13 – Jet Capital On Coking Coal
- June 14 – Finding Value In Japan Activism
In case you missed our last activist update, here it is from the other week.
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Until next week—stockpucker
