WHAT WE DO
Crisis Communications Crisis Experience
• Executive deaths
• Executive mismanagement
• Restatements
• Asbestos liability
• Bankruptcies
• Employee deaths
• Facility fires
• Negative FDA responses
• Earnings shortfalls
• Product failures
• Patent litigation
• Plant closures
• Union issues
• Firing of senior officers
• Major customer loss
• Product recalls
• Partnership dissolutions
• Hostile takeover bids
• Activist shareholders
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Activists and Boards Share Common Ground
It’s Time to Face Social Media for IR
Board Shareholder Communications
RELATED CASE STUDIES
Blunting the impact of missed earnings
A software company preemptively announces an earnings shortfall with a conference call followed by a cross-country road show. ››
Recovering from a disaster
A raging fire destroys a key corporate facility just prior to a $60 million acquisition to be funded by issuing stock. ››
Surviving a bankruptcy
A company’s subsidiary filed for Chapter 11 protection to resolve mounting lawsuits that were threatening overall corporate profitability. ››
Resolving corporate asbestos liability
No longer able to bear the cost of asbestos-related legal claims, an industrial manufacturer pre-negotiated a Chapter 11 plan, including creation of a 524(g) trust, with key members of the plaintiffs bar. ››
Battling for Board Seats
Company is faced with a dissident shareholder group—led by 5% holder—that is attempting to grab board seats at the annual meeting. ››
Shareholder Support for Acquisition
Client company decided to pursue a merger of equals that was met with resistance by a dissident group of activists. ››
