Jana Partners LLC

• Getting Active

  By Elaine Robertson Demby  |  January 1, 2008

  Early in 2007, HSBC took a $6.3 billion charge because of exposure in the sub-prime mortgage market. Shortly thereafter Knight Vinke Asset Management announced it...

• Jana Makes Books-and-Records Demand

  By Staff Writer  |  June 5, 2006

  NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Barry Rosenstein, managing partner of Jana Partners LLC, cranked his campaign against the incumbent board of Houston Exploration Co. up a notch Thursday [June 1] with a demand under Delaware law for certain books and records that may, Mr. Rosenstein suggested, disclose breaches of that board's fiduciary obligations....

• A Detour on the Way to a Proxy Fight

  By Staff Writer  |  May 22, 2006

  RICHMOND, Va. (HedgeWorld.com)--The annual shareholders meeting of Massey Energy Corp. featured a question-and-answer session that demonstrated many of the shareholders have concerns far from those at the center of the proxy fight between Massey's management and Third Point LLC, the corporate-activist hedge fund. The proxy fight came about because Third...

• Jana, Houston Exploration Trade Jabs After Meeting

  By Staff Writer  |  May 8, 2006

  NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Jana Partners LLC declared a victory for its own campaign to persuade shareholders to withhold their votes from the board of directors of the Houston Exploration Co., while the company itself appeared unmoved. A dispute has arisen because on April 7, 2005, the Houston-based company, an independent natural...