P&G Board Vote Campaigns Continue Pitches, Pledges To Finish Line
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Firm's tactics against activist investor Nelson Peltz' bid for a board seat include the unusual step of featuring board member Meg Whitman in an investor briefing. Peltz aired TV ads in explaining his bid P&G's hometown, Cincinnati, before it asked him to pull the ads, claiming they were misleading.
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