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First Advantage Reports Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2023 Results

Benzinga

million one-time special dividend payment, $59.0 Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share guidance ranges include the impacts from the 2023 one-time special dividend, expiring interest rate swaps, and share buybacks. Full Year 2023 Highlights 1 Revenues of $763.8 million Net Income of $37.3 million, after the $217.7

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Wachtell Lipton Discusses How to Deal with Activist Investors

Reynolds Holding

Meanwhile, companies with robust balance sheets continue to face calls to return more cash to investors in the form of buybacks and special dividends. Be prepared for public disclosure by the activist and have immediate public response contingencies ready in the event of any disclosure.

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Wachtell Lipton on Dealing with Activist Hedge Funds and Other Activist Investors

Reynolds Holding

Traditional activism, focused on short-term profit, stock price and total shareholder return (TSR), continues alongside a new form of activism emphasizing climate and other environmental, employee/human capital, social and governance (ESG) considerations.

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