Research discredits insurgent shareholder action
When a Fortune 200 company was being challenged by an insurgent shareholder to sell off a significant division, the company successfully challenged the insurgent in court and prevented a shareholder vote with evidence that Kroll uncovered. Researchers established that the analysts hired by the shareholder to value the division in question lacked the training and expertise to make such a valuation. Moreover, the company demonstrated that the valuation was not independent as represented in SEC filings because the firm providing the analysis had profited by processing trades for the shareholder’s hedge fund.