Investor Presentaiton
Pershing Square's New Fee Structure Further Incentivizes Investment Decision-
Making That Is Not Aligned With the Interests of Many of Our Shareholders
Contrary to ADP's focus on long term
value, Pershing's fee structure
encourages a "Swing for the Fences"
mentality:
New Fee Structure (1)
Old Fee Structure (1)
As Adopted January 1, 2017
More weight on the "Ups" than typical
hedge funds (30% vs. 20%)...
Positive
Returns
20%
Performance Fee
Charged on Positive
Returns
And less weight on steady growth
(no performance fee <5%) (1)
Negative
Returns
No
Performance Fees
Due
30%
Performance Fee on
Returns > 5%
No
Performance Fees if
Returns 5%
No
Performance Fees
Due
+5%
Return
Also subject to a "high-water mark" (1)
(cannot charge performance fees for
investment gains below previous losses)
The effect of Pershing's excessive cost
basis of $114 (2) takes the price target even
higher
"... you know,
incentives, I've come to
learn, drive all human
behavior."
* Permission to use quotations neither sought nor obtained.
Notes:
1.
2.
Bill Ackman,
August 17, 2017*
"This is like driving a car the wrong
way down a one way street... incentive
fees are headed toward 10% with the
addition of hurdles, not 30. Raising fees at
any level of return is unacceptable when
you think of the financial condition of our
nation's pension funds. The greed and
arrogance in this industry just never
ceases to amaze me."
- Jacob Walthour, CEO of Blueprint
Capital Advisors, which works with
institutional investors to invest in hedge
funds, October 28, 2016*
Source: Reuters article "Ackman's Pershing Square shakes up fees amid losses" by Lawrence Delevingne, published on October 28, 2016
Cost basis for options is calculated as disclosed cost to purchase plus strike price, per Pershing Square 13D/A, dated 8/31/2017.
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