An Activist Approach: Confidential Role Assignment for Remingtons Housewares

Case Solution

Guhan Subramanian, Kaitlyn Szydlowski
Harvard Business School ()

A three-part, multi-issue bargaining exercise dealing with a possible merger between two department stores requested by an activist hedge fund investor in a letter to both companies. Management will now attempt to master the next steps that are complicated by weak buyout guarantees from their companies’ boards, hedge fund holdings in both companies, and potential antitrust risks. Meanwhile, the third party, the activist hedge fund, is planning its next move.

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