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The Implications for Shareholder Voting when an Activist Hedge Fund Interacts with an Independent Board
In a recent post, Some Lessons from DuPont-Trian, Martin Lipton identified shareholder voting in a proxy contest as a problem with hedge fund activism. According to Mr. Lipton, “ISS and major institutional investors will be responsive to and support …