When "Corporate Raiders" Attack: Keeping Activist Investors At Bay

When Activist Attack: Keeping Activist Investors At Bay by Stanley Kirk of RiverWalk Capital

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Four ways a CEO can stop activist investors before they take a position

Activist vulnerability assessment:

Today, CEOs and corporate board members must run simply to stand still. Executives of publicly traded retailers face intensive pressure from activist investors to quickly and decisively increase shareholder value. Activist are known to secretly accumulate a significant stake in a company and without notice blind side the CEO with risky restructuring plans, force firms into unwanted mergers to removing board members and CEOs that disagree with their speculative strategy. Industry giants such as McDonald's, Wendy's, Darden, Ann Inc., Burger King and PetSmart have been attacked and forced to...