{"id":546908,"date":"2023-02-02T18:38:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T15:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nelson-peltz-targets-disney-director-michael-froman-in-proxy-battle\/"},"modified":"2023-02-02T18:38:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T15:38:34","slug":"nelson-peltz-targets-disney-director-michael-froman-in-proxy-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nelson-peltz-targets-disney-director-michael-froman-in-proxy-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nelson Peltz Targets Disney Director Michael Froman in Proxy Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a276abada3b6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a276abada3b6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nelson-peltz-targets-disney-director-michael-froman-in-proxy-battle\/#Nelson_Peltz_Targets_Disney_Director_Michael_Froman_in_Proxy_Battle\" >Nelson Peltz Targets Disney Director Michael Froman in Proxy Battle<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nelson_Peltz_Targets_Disney_Director_Michael_Froman_in_Proxy_Battle\"><\/span>Nelson Peltz Targets Disney Director Michael Froman in Proxy Battle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Disney\u2019s activist investor has found his target.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Nelson Peltz, the Trian Management founder who is leading a proxy fight against the entertainment company, is targeting Disney board member Michael B.G. Froman in the battle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    On Thursday, Peltz\u2019s firm released a proxy form and began messaging Disney shareholders, urging them to withhold votes for Froman, and to vote for Peltz instead. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Trian also released a new open letter to Disney shareholders, tweaking its messaging in a subtle but critical way: In its initial presentation, Trian focused on the performance of Disney CEO Bob Iger and his predecessor Bob Chapek. In the new letter, Trian is targeting Disney\u2019s board, calling out Disney\u2019s declining stock price and EPS in 2022, as well as its decision to cancel its dividend, adding that \u201cit is clear the Board of Directors has caused this recent destruction of value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cAs the owners of this great company,\u00a0we must act,\u201d the letter continues. \u201cThe current Disney directors wake up with challenging day jobs: building cars, selling clothing, processing credit card transactions, sequencing genes. All important things. But these accomplished directors are busy and we believe they cannot possibly focus sufficiently on Disney to ensure that 2023 and 2024 are nothing like 2022. If they could, 2022 would not have been like 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Of course, Trian\u2019s letter does not note that the declines Disney saw in its share price were mirrored across most of the entertainment industry last year, and that the decision to cancel the dividend came amid the pandemic, when several of the company\u2019s key business lines ground to a halt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    As for why Trian targeted Froman, it remains unclear, though he is one of Disney\u2019s longer-serving directors, having joined in 2018. The only directors to serve longer are GM CEO Mary Barra, Nike chairman Mark Parker, and finance executive Maria Elena Lagomasino. That being said, Froman is also less of a household name than Barra or Parker, potentially making him a more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ealing target (he is currently an executive at Mastercard, and was previously U.S. Trade Representative).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Peltz publicly launched his proxy battle last month, with Disney board chair Susan Arnold set to step down, and Parker tapped as her successor. While Peltz said he did not intend to oust Iger, much of his presentation focused on Iger\u2019s management at the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Disney responded to Peltz\u2019s initial letter by releasing its own presentation, in which it wrote that Peltz \u201cdoes not understand Disney\u2019s businesses, and lacks the skills and experience to assist the board in delivering shareholder value in a rapidly shifting <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> subsequently revealed that Marvel chairman Isaac Perlmutter had been secretly advising Peltz in his proxy fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    A Disney filing earlier this week revealed that it was Perlmutter who set up the first meeting between then-CEO Bob Chapek and Peltz at Disneyland Paris last summer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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