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Advising Mature Public Companies - Jason Kent, Cooley LLP

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What Is an Activist Investor?

Every other week, Wall Street Journal reports that activist investors like Carl Icahn are buying up significant stakes in companies with the intention to create change. Ben: Can you define what an activist investor is? Ben: It's an investor that takes a position in the company with the goal of trying to influence the board or the management team to either do something or stop doing something.

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