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Cracker Barrel facing aggressive proxy battle from Steak ‘n Shake owner
New York Post· 2025-09-19 04:44
公司治理与股东行动 - 激进投资者Sardar Biglari对Cracker Barrel发起第八次董事会席位争夺,反对首席执行官Julie Felss Masino和董事Gilbert Davila连任[1] - Biglari自2011年首次投资该公司,目前持有公司近3%的股份[1] - Biglari Capital Corp在委托声明中指责董事会缺乏问责和尽责,并称需要撤换表现不佳的管理层[4] - 公司已通过新章程增加激进投资者针对难度,规定五年内多次提名董事未果的股东需向公司补偿最高500万美元的委托书相关费用[10] 品牌危机与经营影响 - 公司品牌重塑灾难导致其650家餐厅的客流量下降8%,并预计下一财年客流量将进一步下降4%至7%[8] - 品牌危机始于8月19日,公司虽迅速撤销了更换“old timer”标志的决定,但仍难以吸引食客并摆脱公关灾难[9] - Biglari声称曾警告公司其“错误路径”将导致公司成为“笑柄”,并公开嘲讽公司[6] 管理层与董事会回应 - 公司将Biglari的代理权争夺归因于其“纯粹的自利原因”,并指出其提案和提名每次均以压倒性多数被股东否决[11] - 激进投资者将近期危机归咎于首席执行官Felss Masino和负责薪酬委员会及多元文化营销的董事Gilbert Davila[4]
Longtime Cracker Barrel foe urges shareholders to vote against ‘worse than mediocre’ CEO after dismal earnings
Yahoo Finance· 2025-09-19 04:03
Activist investor Sardar Biglari started his eighth proxy fight against Cracker Barrel, seizing on the chain’s earnings miss, stock slide, and botched $700 million rebrand to argue that CEO Julie Masino and the board have destroyed shareholder value. Activist investor Sardar Biglari launched his eighth proxy battle at Cracker Barrel after the dining chain reported disappointing fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday. In a filing on Thursday, Biglari, who is also the CEO of Steak n’ Shake, urged sharehold ...