Trian Partners Activist Presentation Deck
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What Differentiates Trian: A Highly Engaged Shareowner
Long-Term
Orientation
Operations &
Strategy Focused
Highly
Collaborative
Engagement with
Management &
Boards
. Investors with an ownership mentality, with a goal to build better businesses for
the long term
• Unique capital base: Unlike typical hedge funds with 90-day liquidity, 85% of
Trian's capital is committed for 3 or more years
• Average investment holding period of -6 years when a Trian partner joins a
board, which is longer than the holding period of the 20 largest Morningstar
equity mutual fund classes¹
• Having been in the CEO seat, we appreciate that change does not happen
overnight
• Focused on driving long-term operational improvements and optimizing
strategy by leveraging Founding Partners' decades of experience running and
overseeing businesses
• Income statement orientation, with a track record investing in growth, including
R&D and marketing, and driving earnings improvement
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Strong preference is always to work with management
Trian has been invited to join a number of corporate boards since inception
(Trian partners have served on 17 public company boards since 2005)
. We pride ourselves on not being dogmatic; a core Trian principle is to be a good
listener, to consider both sides of an issue and support the best ideas
regardless of where they originate
• Former CEOs and Directors serve as references; several have worked with us
as Trian Advisory Partners or have served at our recommendation on boards
where we have positions
Note: Trian was established in November 2005 (1) MFS White Paper Series Lengthening the investment Time Horizon July 2017. Holding Period calculated with respect to 18 Positions where Trian served
on the Board, including 1 instance where Trian served on the same Board on 2 separate occasions
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