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PrimeStone Capital and dormakaba

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:24
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Abstract

London-based activist hedge fund PrimeStone Capital identifies a potential investment in Swiss security company Kaba. PrimeStone believes that the company is undervalued because it has been pushing back various financial targets and thinks it can help by proposing a new, incentivized executive compensation plan. The company's performance improves, and PrimeStone needs to decide whether its presence can continue to add value or whether it should exit the investment.

Keywords

Investment Activism; Value Creation; Executive Compensation; Performance Improvement

Citation

Srinivasan, Suraj, and Quinn Pitcher. "PrimeStone Capital and dormakaba." Harvard Business School Case 118-047, January 2018.
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