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  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    ExxonMobil
    US judge ends Exxon lawsuit against shareholder over climate activism

    A divisive case over climate change and shareholder rights winds down after shareholder agrees to drop effort

    Darren Woods
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Toyota Motor Corp
    Toyota shareholders re-elect chair amid governance concerns

    Akio Toyoda wins support at annual meeting on back of strong financial performance at world’s best-selling carmaker

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  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    Special ReportBusiness Education: Financial Training
    Business school teaching case study: executive pay and shareholder democracy

    Prof Winfried Ruigrok of St Gallen university examines the contentious issue of CEO remuneration

    A group of journalists holding microphones surround a suited man with a solemn expression as he walks down a hallway
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Rentokil Initial PLC
    Rentokil shares jump as activist investor Peltz takes stake

    London-listed pest control group has suffered slowdown in US

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  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    Southwest Airlines Co
    Elliott seeks new leadership and strategy for Southwest Airlines

    Activist fund reveals a $1.9bn stake in the low-cost carrier and cites ‘unacceptable’ performance

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  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Hedge funds
    Bill Ackman plans Pershing Square IPO

    Billionaire could take his hedge fund public by the end of next year

  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Moral Money
    Shell vote highlights asset managers’ climate divide Premium content

    Top UK asset managers diverge from EU peers in voting choices

    Environmental protesters wearing shirts that say ‘Shell kills’ during the Shell annual meeting
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    ExxonMobil
    Exxon prevails over dissident shareholders in board battle

    Oil major’s slate of directors gains wide approval despite activist-led revolt over greenhouse gas emissions

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  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    LexExxonMobil
    ExxonMobil’s scorched earth lawfare is tempting fate Premium content

    Taking Arjuna Capital to court has prompted an even bigger shareholder revolt

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  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    Energy Source
    Exxon vs Calpers: Inside the clash over shareholder rights and fiduciary duty Premium content

    In today’s newsletter, we give both sides a chance to have a say in the debate

    ExxonMobil sign
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    ExxonMobil
    Exxon chief lashes out at Calpers for stoking shareholder revolt

    Pension fund accuses oil major of ‘anti-speech effort’ in suing climate-focused shareholders

    Darren Woods
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    ExxonMobil
    Norway’s oil fund to vote against ExxonMobil in clash over shareholder rights

    Sovereign wealth fund to oppose re-election of energy company’s lead director

    An Exxon refinery
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Activist investor calls for Rio Tinto to abandon primary London listing

    Palliser Capital says miner should unify corporate structure in Australia to boost share price

    A Komatsu dump truck at the open pit mine at the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Unhedged
    Wall Street feasts on unlimited breadsticks and endless shrimp Premium content

    Red Lobster’s collapse is a chance to revisit one of the most sensational boardroom showdowns of recent memory

  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Shell PLC
    Shell investors back oil major’s move to weaken climate targets

    Shareholders reject resolution by activist group Follow This urging tighter goals

    Environmental protesters at Shell’s annual shareholder meeting in London
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
    Activist investor builds stake in Reckitt after baby formula verdict

    Eminence Capital began buying shares in March when they were hit by a $60mn US damages award

    Mead Johnson’s Enfamil baby formula is displayed on a store shelf in New York City
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Japanese business & finance
    Corporate Japan’s $77bn in property gains offer target for activists

    Non-real estate companies recorded big increase in property book values in 2023, according to Goldman Sachs

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  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    ExxonMobil
    Calpers to vote against Exxon board and CEO over ‘reckless’ lawsuit

    Oil major is persisting with legal action against activists even after their emissions cutting resolution was dropped

    California Public EmployeesÍ Retirement System (CalPERS) offices, in Sacramento, California
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing shareholders rebuke chief executive Dave Calhoun

    Objections to pay package and re-election to the board fall short but point to shareholder frustration

    Dave Calhoun
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    Ping An cuts HSBC stake days after voting against Quinn’s re-election

    Sale by shareholder comes in wake of bank announcing chief’s exit

    An HSBC sign in Hong Kong
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    ExxonMobil
    US pension giant weighs vote against Exxon CEO over climate lawsuit

    Calpers concerned oil supermajor is seeking to muzzle activist shareholders

    Darren Woods, chief executive and chair of ExxonMobil
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    Activist wins board seats at railroad Norfolk Southern but fails to oust CEO

    Alan Shaw keeps his job after investor Ancora led campaign focused on cost cuts at US group

    Norfolk Southern locomotives are moved through the Conway terminal in Pennsylvania
  • Saturday, 4 May, 2024
    Boeing Co
    ISS urges Boeing shareholders to vote against Calhoun’s pay

    Investors will consider chief executive’s 45 per cent increase at meeting this month

  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    Climate change
    Big Shell investors urge others to back greater climate action

    The shareholders say meeting the Paris Agreement goals is ‘essential to preserve the health of the global economy’

    Emissions rise from the Royal Dutch Shell Plc Norco Refinery in Norco, Louisiana
  • Saturday, 27 April, 2024
    On Wall StreetJames Fontanella-Khan
    US dealmakers forced to adjust as unions flex their muscles

    Workers’ groups increasingly adopt strategies used by activist hedge funds to exert pressure on companies

    Steelworkers listen to President Joe Biden speak during an event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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