{"id":10057,"date":"2018-08-19T21:02:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T21:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/shiver-me-timbers-symantec-spots-activist-investor-starboard-side\/"},"modified":"2018-08-19T21:02:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T21:02:26","slug":"shiver-me-timbers-symantec-spots-activist-investor-starboard-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/shiver-me-timbers-symantec-spots-activist-investor-starboard-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiver me timbers: Symantec spots activist investor Starboard side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Security slinger Symantec is facing a bruising battle with activist investor Starboard Value, which has nominated five directors to the security firm&#8217;s board after having amassed a 5.8 per cent shareholding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article no_img\">\n<h2 title=\"And agrees to do better or it'll have to hand over more board seats\">Mellanox flushes three directors at behest of activist investor<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/06\/20\/mellanox_starboard_declare_peace_kind_of\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Symantec is the outfit that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2015\/08\/11\/symantec_sells_veritas_to_private_equity\/\">spun off<\/a> its Veritas storage products business to private equity for $8bn in late 2015. The infosec firm <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2004\/12\/16\/symantec_veritas_merger\/\">acquired it in a $13.5bn<\/a> deal back in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>A board committee \u201cis evaluating the nominations put forth by Starboard\u201d, Symantec admitted in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Stockholders will be able to vote on director nominations at Symantec\u2019s next AGM, currently not scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>The firm added: \u201cSymantec maintains open communications with its stockholders and values constructive input that advances the goal of creating value for all stockholders. Over the last several weeks, we have had a dialogue with Starboard and we plan to continue these discussions.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Since Symantec spun off Veritas it has been through a turbulent period. CEO Mike Brown <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2016\/04\/29\/symantec_ceo_mike_brown_ousted\/\">jumped ship<\/a> in April 2016 after Symantec missed fourth 2016 quarter sales projections. A <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2016\/05\/13\/symantec_i_know_we_said_things_would_get_better_when_we_sold_vertias\/\">layoff<\/a> of up to 1,200 people was announced shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2015\/05\/20\/titanic_sinking.jpg?x=174&amp;y=115&amp;crop=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" alt=\"Titanic sinking\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 title=\"But we need $400m cost savings. Which means fewer people, less real estate\">Symantec: I know we said things&#8217;d get better when we sold Veritas&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2016\/05\/13\/symantec_i_know_we_said_things_would_get_better_when_we_sold_vertias\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Greg Clark is the current CEO, joining via a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2016\/06\/13\/symantec_blue_coat_acquisition\/\">BlueCoat acquisition<\/a> in August 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Financially Symantec is in a lacklustre state. Its fiscal 2018 results showed revenues of $4.846bn, up 21 per cent annually, with net income of $1.147bn, compared to a net loss in the previous year of $106m.<\/p>\n<p>Revenues in its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s1.q4cdn.com\/585930769\/files\/doc_downloads\/2018\/Q1FY19-Supplemental-Information.pdf\">first fiscal 2019 quarter (PDF)<\/a>, ended June 29, 2018, were $1.156bn, down 1.6 per cent from $1.175bn a year ago, with a net loss of $63m, albeit better than the year-ago net loss of $133m.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/08\/03\/symantec_job_cuts\/\">first quarter enterprise implied billings<\/a> were below expectations due to a longer than expected sales cycles for large, multi-product platform sales in North America.<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2017\/02\/28\/shutterstockaxe.jpg?x=174&amp;y=115&amp;crop=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" alt=\"A hand holding an axe in shadow\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 title=\"Hundreds of jobs to go\">Symantec culling 8% of workforce to soak up slow enterprise sales<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/08\/03\/symantec_job_cuts\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Symantec downgraded its full-year guidance and its shares are down 31 per cent over the last 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>In fact they are down 40.8 per cent from a September 2017 peak of $32.81 to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/stocks\/insider-trading\/SYMC.OQ?symbol=&amp;name=&amp;pn=2&amp;sortDir=&amp;sortBy=\">$19.41<\/a> today \u2013 great grist for an activist investor\u2019s shareholder value mill.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/08\/03\/symantec_job_cuts\/\">It announced a restructuring plan on August 2<\/a> which involved an up to 8 per cent reduction in its workforce by the end of its fiscal 2019 year.<\/p>\n<p>To add to its woes Symantec is running an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/05\/11\/symantec_q4_2018\/\">internal audit<\/a> following &#8220;concerns raised&#8221; by a former employee, which were made known to to the SEC.<\/p>\n<p>Due to this probe, it is also out of compliance with Nasdaq rules regarding filing its quarterly report for its Q1 of fiscal &#8217;19.<\/p>\n<p>The activist investor playbook generally involves increasing shareholder value by somehow returning money to shareholders and specifically the activist investor through its stockholding. It achieves this by forcing\/encouraging a change in corporate strategy to &#8220;free up&#8221; money by cost savings and business strategy changes.<\/p>\n<p>That can be achieved by getting supportive directors on the target company\u2019s board, either with the company\u2019s agreement or via a proxy vote, relying on disappointed stockholders supporting the activist investor\u2019s views.<\/p>\n<p>Starboard has not spelled out publicly what it wants Symantec to do, however, with these nominations, has positioned its forces on the financial battleground, indicating a proxy fight tactic could be in its Symantec strategy. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p class=\"wptl btm\"><span>Sponsored:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.co.uk\/tl\/1787\/-6625\/following-bottomlines-journey-to-the-hybrid-cloud?td=wptl1787\">Following Bottomline\u2019s journey to the Hybrid Cloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE <a href=\"http:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/08\/17\/symantec_starboarded_by_activist_investors\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for cyber-security firm to pull up the baggywrinkle? 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