Comments on: Having Won his Board Seats, Icahn Decides To Skip Yahoo Shareholder Meeting

By: cabin

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By: informednetworker.com

informednetworker.com — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:40:22 +0000

Having Won his Board Seats, Icahn Decides To Skip Yahoo Shareholder Meeting…

Secure in knowing that he will get minority seats on Yahoo’s board, Carl Icahn has decided to skip tomorrow’s shareholder meeting. He doesn’t want to cause a “media event,” he says. (Because he’s so shy, you know)….

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By: Dann

Dann — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:27:29 +0000

I think it was a smart move. I would never miss a tee time at Pebble Beach either.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:19:36 +0000

That’s what I thought also, create another controversy at another place.

By: JJAstor

JJAstor — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:28:33 +0000

I think this was a smart move. He obviously knows what his end game needs to be and in the short term positioning himself as a reasonable and constructive future-participant on Yahoo!s board certainly can’t hurt him. If he’s always viewed in the public eye as a Yahoo! management adversary, his future opinions on change will hold less weight among shareholders.

By: ImageCo

ImageCo — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:04:21 +0000

You got it wrong Eric I have it on good authority that the real reason he’s skipping it is because the shareholder meeting just happens to coincide with a Monster Truck show. He’s a big fan of Grave Digger.

By: EH

EH — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:00:11 +0000

That’s because his obligation is to Microsoft.

By: Kevin K.

Kevin K. — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:52:25 +0000

Carl Ichan: Hero or Jerk? [VOTE] http://snurl.com/38gpm [www_thriveorfail_com]

By: ZazzalFraz

ZazzalFraz — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:48:28 +0000

Was this story seeded? All the blogs put it up within 5 mins….ugh.

The thing is being webcast so he can watch. He isn’t a director yet so he really has no obligation to be there IMO (my counter spin).

http://yhoo.cli...fm?CalendarID=4

Net-Net, management should have jumped at $31.

No amount of spin will make shareholders forget.

By: aandarian

aandarian — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:46:45 +0000

this guy is brilliant. never underestimate the underdog.

By: Zach Weisman

Zach Weisman — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:36:36 +0000

Sounds like survivor. Are those types of “rules” often a part of board settlement agreements like this? Or, is this something that only someone like Carl can pull off?

BTW, Anyone care about XO, another VOIP company that Carls the Chairman of? Even Ribbit uses XO as a provider….

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By: EH

EH — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:12:54 +0000

Icahn is obviously interested in making Yahoo the best company it can be. If he thinks Yahoo does best without him there, then what’s been going on the last few months? Bad faith? Wily Icahn strategery?

By: Boris

Boris — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:57:55 +0000

Still, not showing up AT ALL is pretty amazing. I could have understood ‘Fashionable late’ but a ‘noshow’? Just, Wow…

By: techdude

techdude — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:41:28 +0000

He is probably planing out the moves he will make.

http://blabtech.blogspot.com

By: Matt K.

Matt K. — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:33:34 +0000

So he’s building his board, and waiting to attack. I don’t see why this is news. I didn’t expect him to make a deal the second he got his boad seats. Wait a couple weeks, He’ll make his attack soon.