Value Base Announces that Leading Independent Proxy Advisory Firm Glass Lewis Recommends Cognyte Shareholders Vote “AGAINST” Chairman Earl Shanks
30 August 2024 - 12:10AM
Business Wire
Leading proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis recommends that Cognyte
Software Ltd.’s (Nasdaq: CGNT) shareholders vote “AGAINST" the
election of Chairman Earl Shanks ahead of the Company’s 2024 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on September 4, 2024.
Tal Yaacobi, Managing Partner of Value Base, was quoted as
saying “we welcome the decision of Glass Lewis to recommend voting
against Chairman Earl Shanks. Change is needed to due to the 75%
decline in the share price that has occurred during Chairman
Shanks’ tenure on the Board.”
Glass Lewis highlighted:
- The Company’s growth and TSR performance since the Verint
spin-off has materially lagged its peers. TSR has ranked near the
bottom quartile of the range of TSRs observed among a subset of
publicly traded peers.
- In calendar year 2023, the average EV/NTM revenue multiple of
the Company ranked in the bottom 3rd percentile of the range
observed in the Proxy Peer Group. For the year-to-date period ended
August 5, 2024, the average EV/NTM revenue multiple of the Company
was in the 17th percentile of the range observed in the Proxy Peer
Group.
Glass Lewis believes Chairman Shanks should be held accountable
for these issues, particularly the share price performance, given
his lengthy tenure with the Company and its predecessor.
Glass Lewis reiterated the urgent need for removal of Chairman
Shanks by noting that “[s]hareholders should also consider that the
Company maintains a classified board structure and, consequently,
shareholders may not have an opportunity to formally register their
discontent against Mr. Shanks for another three years if they do
not do so this year.”
Value Base Ltd. and its affiliates (collectively, “Value
Base), which own approximately 9.33% of the ordinary shares and
are the largest shareholders of Cognyte, urge shareholders to
vote:
- FOR the election of Tal Yaacobi to the Company’s
board.
- FOR the approval of indemnification, liability insurance
and compensation to Tal Yaacobi as provided to all other
directors.
- AGAINST reelection of Earl Shanks.
- AGAINST the approval of the CEO compensation
plan.
Change is urgently needed, so vote today!
About Value Base: Value Base, managed by Victor Shamrich
and Ido Neuberger, is a leading investment banking group in Israel.
It offers a wide range of financial services and strategic
financial consulting under one roof. The group has special
expertise in capital markets with extensive experience in
initiating and managing complex transactions across various
industries. Value Base initiates and manages complex investment
transactions for its clients, oversees public and private
offerings, supports mergers and acquisitions transactions, and
represents leading international investment entities in Israel.
Additionally, the group owns an economic research company that
provides economic analyses to all institutional investors in
Israel.
Value Base Fund is a private investment fund established by the
Value Base group. The fund has already raised approximately $200
million and is expected to make equity investments in companies
amounting to over $250 million. The fund primarily targets
significant positions in publicly traded and private Israeli
companies with proven business models, working alongside their
management to enhance their value and achieve capital
appreciation.
Among the fund’s investors are leading Israeli institutional
investors, including Clal Insurance and Discount Capital, as well
as Value Base shareholders who have committed over $25 million of
their own capital into the fund.
Tal Yaacobi, the Managing Partner of Value Base Fund, has over
twenty years of experience in investment management and strategic
consulting. Tal previously served as a partner at Shamrock Israel
Growth Fund, an affiliate of the private investment company of the
Roy E. Disney family, where he led investments and value creation
in a range of Israeli companies, guiding them to successful exits
for the fund. Prior to that, he worked as a strategic consultant at
McKinsey in New York. Tal is a certified public accountant and
holds an MBA with distinction from Cornell University.
If shareholders have any questions, please contact our Proxy
Solicitor, Alliance Advisors at:
Alliance Advisors 200 Broadacres Drive, 3rd Floor Bloomfield, NJ
07003
Email: CGNT@allianceadvisors.com
Special note regarding this
communication:
This communication is for informational purposes only and is not
a recommendation, an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an
offer to sell shares. This communication contains our current views
on the value of the Company’s shares and certain actions that the
Board may take to enhance the value of its shares. Our views are
based on our own analysis of publicly available information and
assumptions we believe to be reasonable. There can be no assurance
that the information we considered and analyzed is accurate or
complete. Similarly, there can be no assurance that our assumptions
are correct. The Company’s performance and results may differ
materially from our assumptions and analysis. Our views and our
holdings could change at any time. We may sell any or all of our
holdings or increase our holdings by purchasing additional shares.
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company without updating this communication or providing any notice
whatsoever of any such changes (except as otherwise required by
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