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Nelson Peltz Wins Backing of Another Shareholder Firm in Disney Proxy Fight
Nelson Peltz Wins Backing of Another Shareholder Firm in Disney Proxy Fight
May 9, 2024 2:36 AM

The advisory firm Egan-Jones is recommending Disney shareholders vote to add Nelson Peltz and Jay Rasulo to the studios board of directors.

The firm also backed Peltz Trian Partners in recommending shareholders withhold their votes for current Disney board members Michael B.G. Froman and Maria Elena Lagomasino. That follows Institutional Shareholder Services coming out as the first advisory firm to back Peltz in his proxy fight ahead of Disney shareholders casting votes at the companys annual meeting on April 3.

We see very little downside and a lot of upsides in putting the Trian nominees on the board, Egan-Jones said in a statement on Wednesday. Weighing up Disneys operating performance, the advisory firm argued the studio has an outdated business model that fails to be forward looking and flexible enough to ensure future success. Peltz, as part of his activist shareholder campaign, is looking to nominate his own board members at Disney to reverse what he argues is the companys lagging stock performance and to bring about Netflix-like margins.

Dissident nominee Peltz, as a significant shareholder, could be additive to the succession process, providing assurance to other investors that the board is properly engaged this time around. He could also help evaluate future capital allocation decisions, Egan-Jones added.

Ahead of next weeks annual meeting, Disney has called Peltzs proxy fight disruptive and destructive. Disneys board has also told shareholders it was continuing with cost-cutting measures, with a target of $7.5 billion in savings by the end of fiscal 2024, and by the fourth quarter of that year the studio expects to reach profitability in its combined streaming TV platforms.

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