#boardofdirectors

Sick of seeing RVs face on linkdin plastering bullsh-t to the public and everyone else who fans over him on there while destroying careers behind the scenes. Oh look hosting our board trash in DC. Spending my millions at the expense of bnys employees headcount reduction. Cut 100 people this week so we can eat fancier meals . Cheerio fu----s

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4601923-activist-jana-wants-fiserv-to-sell-more-assets-refresh-board---report

Of course, they have to ki-l the stock to get the dividend rate back to the 7% of 2012. However, Stank will claim it is a victory and the useless board will reward him.

‘On May 26, 2026, Synopsys entered into a cooperation agreement with activist investor Elliott Investment Management that includes appointing Elliott managing partner Jesse Cohn as an independent director, effective June 1, 2026, expanding the board to 11 members.’

The vultures have arrived, surely things will get better now.

"Shareholders rejected a proposal that would ‌have required an independent board chair separate from the CEO role, according to preliminary ​voting results at the annual ​meeting on Wednesday"

A Czech boutique investment fund called STARTEEPO Invest just bought 6.7 million shares of Xerox overnight.

They now own 5.15% of the company. That officially makes a group most people in Norwalk couldn't point to on a map the 4th largest shareholder of Xerox.

What is the move?

This isn’t a passive retirement fund quietly collecting dividends. STARTEEPO filed a Schedule 13D. In corporate speak, that means they plan on speaking up. They just bought a ticket to the party and now they (somehow) want to play the music.

Why now?

Because Xerox is currently on the operating table. The company’s stock price looks like a clearance rack. STARTEEPO looked at a business generating (well, trying to) half a billion dollars in free cash flow with a deeply depressed market value and thought (right or wrong): "It's free real estate".

For the Board of Directors: the cozy, quiet boardroom days are over. Carl Icahn left a vacuum when he exited, and the board probably thought they could restructure in peace. Enter František Bostl (STARTEEPO’s chief). The fund has already explicitly stated they want to "discuss board composition and strategy".

Translation: Pack your bags, some of you are getting evicted.

For Xerox Management: expect a massive fire under executive chairs to accelerate, tweak, even change the plans underway. If management can't turn a profit fast enough, this fund will happily find people who claim they can.

Xerox spent years trying to "reinvent" itself into a sleek, modern tech-and-services company; instead, they moved so slowly they became prime bait for a mid-sized European activist fund looking for a cheap, cash-generating target.

Now, Xerox either delivers on its promises immediately, or a fund from Prague is going to dictate the terms of its survival.

Board, I know you are meeting tomorrow. This trend has to stop. Whatever polish this ELT tries to put on it, you need to hold them accountable.

YTD, PSX is up 36% while MPC is up 55%
1 year, PSX is up 58% and MPC is up 67%

Chemicals is up 70% YTD so we can’t blame CPChem.

The strategy is not working and you need to evaluate the break up scenario. The street is not buying the story and you continue to receive a conglomerate discount. Stop fighting with Elliott and start working constructively with them.

Someone that is in the board. Tim Cook!!!

He knows Nike well, recently step down as CEO of Nike.

He will bring stability that he gave in apple. Bring same old more boring stuff quarter after quarter!!! LOL

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/04/30/3285301/0/en/trian-calls-on-solventum-s-board-to-create-value-publishes-open-letter-and-slide-deck.html

New surveillance commissioner in board of directors?

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/f5-adds-anand-eswaran-board-201000022.html

Not trying to stir anything, just curious how others see this.

CS sits on the board of Microsoft, and we’re seeing a strong push for Copilot internally.

What is the over/under betting for Arvind's golden parachute as IBM stock drops to $228 down from $324 in a year. I am going with $250,000,000.

Look at the raid of IBM (and imagine the totals for all the other do nothing "execs") below for the last 4 IBM CEOs.

No one knows anyone on the IBM BoD Board of Directors nor what they do other than show up for the steak and lobster dinners. Remember, Arvind is his own boss being both CEO and Chairman of the Board. That is perverse when the CEO is both.

IBM has a very fat and bloated BoD with 14 do nothings. All make approx $500,0000 a year. That is a cool $7,000,000 that goes to them every 12 months plus stock options all stolen from IBM shareholders and employees.

Gerstner started the IBM raid and walked away with over $400,000,000+ and laid off over 100,000 amazing people over 18 months (I was there IBM Chatbot cheerleader).

Gerstner's book "Who says elephants can't dance" should have been titled "Who says I can't rip off IBM in the largest corporate raid in hostory?".

Palmisano $271,000,000

Rometty $144,000,000

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/96-Norrans-Ridge-Dr-Ridgefield-CT-06877/57345758_zpid/

"AT&T's Free Cash Flow Declined Significantly Last Quarter". Stanks plan isn't working. Plan for a dividend cut down the road. Eliminating jobs isn't the answer. The Board must take immediate action, but all they do is collect a fat check.

Wondering if there is a case for breaches of fiduciary duties, duty of loyalty, and duty of care in the selecting of the short lived CEO. Any legal experts out there want to chime in?

Remember these guys? What a joke. These are what they claim they did below. I haven’t seen any of it. They just got in during low COVID stock price and then claim they were genius because stock price rose?

Action #1: Refresh the Board of Directors with energy experience.

Action #2: Impose greater long-term capital allocation discipline.

Action #3: Implement a strategic plan for long-term value creation.

Action #4: Align management compensation with value creation, not production growth.

This week Washington House hearings on Artic Frost... get ready... Vz will be back in news and the puzzle on CEO immediate termination further exposes incompetence at Vz BOD!

How in the world could the BOD and leadership disrupt the entire transformation plan by letting DF leave and still think the plan can succeed? Asinine.

If you have any Chevron shares vote for an independent board and against the Executive compensation.

Scott Sheffield of Pioneer wants to get a job as an ExxonMobil board member

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/17/2025-06562/petition-of-scott-sheffield-to-reopen-and-set-aside-order

Paula Price and General Reimer are off the Board of Directors and Christopher Quick (from Capital Management Board) is now on the Board. Not sure of the significance. I have not seen a press release to explain.

I never met Ms, Price, but the General was very smart. They were both in charge though when the damage was done.

I left 3 years ago, and man, I loved it at MDT. I had a great boss, great work, and just the best work friends ever. I was happy with my salary and benefits, too. I learned a lot and became a great professional largely because of my time there. They called me to go back last week.

And so it's devastating to say I told my ex-VP I wouldn't... because Geoff Martha is still CEO and for as long as that is true, it just isn't a stable place to work. I was privy to a lot of the details of RIF work and so much of it really was because of sh---y financial results, despite them calling it "OPTIMIZATION". Eventually they were even sacking really brilliant people that consistently delivered.

Really sad and they could turn it around if the board wasn't a bunch of rent-seekers and would do the right thing and get rid of GM.

The board should have a vote of no confidence in MF

P66 has announced that 2 new directors have been appointed to the Board of Directors.
I don’t know anything about them but Elliott says they’re pleased with the appointments.
If they’re pleased I’m pleased.

Voting Instructions

For the annual meeting of Texas Instruments, please record the following votes:

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors: AGAINST
I am voting against the election of the board of directors, including CEO Haviv Ilan. In my view, current leadership decisions are negatively impacting the company’s culture and employee morale. Strong leadership and culture are critical for sustaining innovation and long-term performance at Texas Instruments.

Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation: AGAINST
I am voting against the executive compensation package because compensation decisions appear misaligned with employee outcomes, particularly the reduction of profit-sharing for employees beginning in 2027.

How to Submit Your Proxy Vote

1.  Go to the proxy voting site listed on your proxy card: https://www.proxyvote.com
2.  Enter the 16-digit control number from your proxy card or email.
3.  Select your voting choices for each proposal.
4.  Submit your vote electronically and confirm.

Why has the board of directors not told super bowl legend Rob Gronkowski to save the company?

Maybe even try telling Rob to tell the group of 25 army officers that founded to stop rolling in their graves??

What a joke.

to sc--w stockholders. 13 % price drop in 5 days. You defenders will say market economics are to blame, nonsense! If they had built the franchise and gotten the stock to a level it should be this would be a blip, it is not. Remember PNC as a regional competitor close to us has grown and more than doubled their share price last 5 years. I wonder if there’s any angst in the C suite or by this Board? Probably not.

When will we find out if the Board approved the Purple Stock award for 2025?!?

Hopefully Tom will be out and we can begin to see stock price increase. His entire EVP suite has left he has eliminated everyone except his buddy who is now the chief revenue officer. When will he self reflect and realize that the problem is still here .. we’re hopefully moving in the direction of him leaving and new leadership taking over hopefully stronger better leadership because leadership is where bd fails miserably. It’s either pre Madonnas , or passive tone deaf useless VP’s who are so out of the touch with the plants and the business. It’s time to

A quick reminder: the board needs to fund Jeff’s $130M options package.

The board has toppled Hans the ringmaster. Without his costume and whip in hand the Tiger gets run of the show. What a welcome turn of events.

Appears that their plan to move people to Edmonton is about to backfill on a listed company that makes billions of dollars every year which is about to fail. So many people have said no to the move that I’ve heard that we have about 200 job openings that they need to fill with key critical roles empty. Plus they don’t even have the licence to start the Edmonton office build yet so YE27 has not chance. So the lack of results , lack for strategic foresight and impact that the long term bottom line; does this make JW and the board NSI?

It’d be a pipe dream to think the Board of Directors would boot SK with another dismal year on tap for 2026 and replace him with a non-Japanese executive, but…

If you could nominate someone outside of CUSA to replace SK, who would you choose?

This company needs fresh perspectives and true leaders who can thrive in challenging markets.

They are the worst business has had to offer. That last CEO who shall not even be named..HAS NO SHAME.

Hearing the BOD has booked out all conference rooms in the S&T floor at NYHQ for the entirety of this week- cuts coming rather soon?

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota and Cambia Health Solutions will affiliate. North Dakota regulators approved the strategic affiliation. The affiliation takes effect February 1. Dan Conrad becomes Cambia's chief administrative officer, and Lacey Bergh is the new BCBSND market president. Policyholders will keep their current health care coverage and BCBSND insurance cards. BCBSND will also retain its local plan name and board of directors. Cambia will manage and operate the North Dakota company's policy, claims, and IT functions.

https://www.inforum.com/news/fargo/strategic-affiliation-between-nd-blues-and-oregon-health-insurer-receives-go-ahead

Does anyone know what the collective pay packages including base pay, incentive comp, deferred comp, and perks collectively on the ELC ? How about the main Board of Directors ? How much do they make ?

Smart minds would bet they had to keep market cap (stock price) at certain point due to covenants in divestiture. Otherwise deal would have been off table. Board needs to start acting like a board

Any news on how the meetings are going?

Our Board are directly culpable for the situation we now find ourselves in. It is how corporate governance works.

My question: when will the market, activists etc hold them accountable and force change. It needs to happen.