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Engine No. 1 vs Exxon: The 2021 Board Battle That Reset Corporate ESG

A $250M hedge fund with 0.02% of Exxon placed three directors on the board on May 26, 2021. BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street voted with the activist. The canonical ESG case.

EPR Editorial Team · Jun 16, 2026

Corporate Communications

The Pasta Memo: How Starboard's 294-Slide Deck Took Down Olive Garden's Board

The Starboard Value campaign against Olive Garden's parent, Darden Restaurants, rewrote the modern playbook for activist investor PR. Inside the 294-slide deck that took down an S&P 500 board.

EPR Editorial Team · Nov 11, 2015

Corporate Communications

Activist Investor Bill Ackman Says Sard Verbinnen Is Doing Horrible PR

Ackman continued that Sard Verbinnen has done a "fabulous job" for Herbalife and a "horrible" job representing Valeant.

EPR Editorial Team · Oct 31, 2015