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Activist Investing Today: Governance Guru Charles Elson on Campbell, Dell and Insider Control
The director of John Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance spoke to The Deal’s Activist Investing Today podcast about why he believes Third Point’s Dan Loeb is fortunate for getting what he got in a settlement with Campbell Soup, considering that opponents to his efforts controlled 41% of the equity. Loeb’s success at installing two dissidents on the company’s board is quite significant because it means “you will have independent voices in the boardroom.” Elson also argued that shareholders have “practically” no rights when it comes to a new board structure at Dell Technologies.
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