Skytop Strategies

Shareholder Activism

Unlocking Shareholder Value

NOVEMBER 19, 2019
CONVENE
810 SEVENTH AVE
NEW YORK, NY

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AGENDA

The Skytop Strategies team is dedicated to crafting thought provoking
agendas that are diverse, not only in areas of thought and experience,
but in the broad range of attending speakers.

Time	November 18, 2019
6:00-8:00 PM	Preconference Networking Dinner & Reception
Time	November 19, 2019
7:30-8:00 AM	Registration Breakfast
8:00	*Opening Remarks*
8:05-8:30	*VIP and Delegate Q&A Session (All Delegates welcome)* *Exclusive Interview* Engagement Euro-Style: Highlights of Risks and Opportunities on the Continent Special Anchor: Leslie Picker, Reporter, CNBC Exclusive Guest: Gianluca Ferrari, Director, Shareholder Value Management AG
8:30-8:55	Exclusive Interview A Look Over Our Shoulder: Insights and Revelations Special Anchor: Leslie Picker, Reporter, CNBC Exclusive Guest: Jonathan Litt, CEO & Founder, Land and Building
8:55-9:30	Institutional Investor Armchair Chat Institutional Investors: The Growing Influence of Formerly Passive Investors Discussion Leader: Ken Bertsch, Executive Director, Council of Institutional Investors Participants: Michael Garland, Assistant Comptroller, Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, Office of New York City Comptroller Bruce Goldfarb, President and CEO, Okapi Partners Gianna McCarthy, Director, Corporate Governance, New York State Common Retirement Fund Jonathan Oestreich, Partner, Grant & Eisenhofer
9:30-9:45	*Networking Break*
9:45-10:15	Interview When to Settle, When to Fight: The Expert’s Playbook Interviewer: Josh Black, Editor-in-Chief, Activist Insight Interviewees: Jenna Levine, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz Jennifer Longhurst , Partner, Davies Jeffrey S. Tullman, Partner, Kane Kessler, PC
10:15-10:40	Interview Delaware 2019: The Shifting Landscape of Investor Rights and Shareholder Activism Interviewer: Josh Black, Editor-in-Chief, Activist Insight Interviewees: Mark Lebovitch, Partner and Chair, Corporate Governance Litigation Practice, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP Greg Varallo, Partner and Head of Delaware Office, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
10:40-11:25	Director Panel Boards and Business Strategy: Best Practices in Preventing an Activist Intervention Discussion Leader: Josh Hochberg, General Manager of Financial Communications, Edelman Participants: Michelle Applebaum, Independent Board Director, formerly the #1 Institutional Investor-rated steel analyst, Northwest Pipe Company Jeff Gramm, Portfolio Manager, Bandera Partners and Author of “Dear Chairman” Keith Hallam, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP Cynthia Plouché, Independent Director, Northern Trust Corporation Steven Pully, Co-Founder, Speyside Partners, and Director, multiple boards
11:25-11:45	The Activist Perspective Scoring a Win: Insights on Successful Activism Interviewer: Corrie Driebusch, Reporter, Wall Street Journal Interviewees: Corey Lorinsky, Principal, Land & Buildings Investment Management Walied Soliman, Global Chair; Canadian Chair, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
11:45-12:30PM	Panel Debate Transparency Between Board and Shareholders: Independent Shareholder Monitoring Moderator: Stephen Weiss, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner, Short Hills Capital Partners LLC Discussion Leaders: Simon M. Lorne, Vice Chairman & Chief Legal Officer, Millennium Management LLC John Glenn Grau, President and CEO, InvestorCom Ken Bertsch, Executive Director, Council of Institutional Investors Latisha Simon, Corporate Governance Specialist, Ohio Public Employees Retirement System
12:30-1:15	*Networking Luncheon*
1:15-2:00	Interview Notes from the War Room: Insights on Proxy Fights in 2019 Interviewer: Scott Deveau, Deals Reporter, Bloomberg LLP Interviewees: Aneliya Crawford, Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Mark Grothe, Senior Research Analyst, M&A and Contested Situations, Glass Lewis Kai Liekefett, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP Dan Zacchei, Managing Director, Sloane & Company Townsend Belisle, Executive Producer, Haystack Needle
2:00-3:10	*Roundtable Discussions 1&2 and Workshops 1&2 (A compendium of findings to be shared following the conference)*
2:00-2:35	*Roundtable Discussions, 1&2* Roundtable Discussion 1 *Panel Discussion* Recent Debate Over Separation of Board Chair and CEO Role: Does One Size Not Fit All? Moderator: Deborah Rosati, CEO, Women Get On Board Panelists: Jason Frankl, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting Bob Marese, Managing Director, MacKenzie Partners, Inc. Derek Zaba, Partner and Co-Chair, Shareholder Activism Practice, Sidley Austin LLP Roundtable Discussion 2 *Panel Discussion* ESG Issues: How Shareholders, Institutional Investors and Activists are Engaging Panelists: Rhonda Brauer, President, RLB Governance LLC Eric Rosenfeld, President & CEO, Crescendo Partners
2:35-3:10	*Workshops 1&2* *Workshop 1* Activists on Boards: How to Activist “Proof” Your Company Moderator: Townsend Belisle, Executive Producer, Haystack Needle Panelists: Jonathan Oestrich, Partner, Grant & Eisenhofer Steven Pully, Co-Founder, Speyside Partners, and Director, multiple boards *Workshop 2* The Gender Lens: Best Practices in Recruiting, Developing and Retaining Women Directors Moderator: Carol Nolan Drake, Founder & CEO, Carlow Consulting LLC Panelists: Linda Addison, Independent Board Director Cindy Burrell, President, Diversity in Boardrooms
3:10-3:20	*Networking Break*
3:20-4:05	*Interview* The U.K. and Europe: Insights on Effective Activism Interviewer: Eleazer Klein, Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel Interviewees: Liad Meidar, Managing Partner, Gatemore Capital Management Michael Neises, Partner, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek Joseph Oughourlian, Founder, Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager, Amber Capital Andrew Wallach, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Spring Owl Asset Management
4:05-4:35	Forces of Change: Recognizing Them and Taking Timely Action Moderator: Joseph Berardino, Managing Director, Corporate Transformation Services, Alvarez & Marsal Panelists: Alyssa Barry, Vice President, Capital Markets and Communications, Sandpiper Group Michael Fein, Executive Vice President, Head of U.S. Operations, Kingsdale Advisors Daniel Gagnier, Founder & President, Gagnier Communications Christopher P. Davis, Partner, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff and Cohen, P.C.
4:35-4:45	Keynote Presentation Institutional Investor Sentiment on ESG Data: What’s Missing? Presenter: Ken Bertsch, Executive Director, Council of Institutional Investors
4:45-5:15	M&A Activism: Outlook for the Upcoming Proxy Season Moderator: Margaret Brown, Associate, Investment Banking Division, Morgan Stanley Panelists: Jason Frankl, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting Kal Goldberg, Partner, Finsbury Bob Marese, Managing Director, MacKenzie Partners, Inc. Sabastian Niles, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
5:15-5:45	Panel Discussion Tactical Smarts: How Shareholders and Management Address Short-Term Risks Moderator: Ed Mullane, Editor, Acuris-Activistmonitor Panelists: Stephen Brown, Senior Advisor, KPMG Phillip Goldstein, Founder, Bulldog Investors LLC Fred Pletcher, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
5:45	*Program Adjourns*
5:45-6:30	*Networking Reception*