Activist Shareholder Calls for Break-up of Smithfield Foods
June 17, 2013
Starboard Value, one of Smithfield Foods’ largest shareholders, is urging the company to reconsider its sale to a Chinese investment firm, suggesting that there may be more to gain from selling the company off in pieces.
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