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January 8, 2014

Activist Hedge Funds Launch Fight to Pay Directors

One of the big stories last year was Jana Partners’ attempt to pay directors that they were able to get voted onto a board of one of their portfolio companies. The corporate backlash was the adoption of bylaws that disqualified any directors that receive payments from outsiders. As noted in this Financial Times article, 33 companies have adopted such bylaws – and activists are fighting back. Prof. Bainbridge weighs in again on this topic…