Bingham Team Successfully Represents Shamrock in Proxy Contest
Oct. 28, 2009 — Partners
David Robbins and
John Filippone, with assistance by associate
James Parker, represented Shamrock Activist Value Fund, L.P. in its recent successful proxy contest with Texas Industries Inc. (NYSE: TXI). Shamrock Activist Value Fund, L.P. and its parallel investment fund Shamrock Activist Value Fund IV, L.P. focus on activist investing, and are two of five separate investment funds managed by Shamrock Capital Advisors, Inc., a subsidiary of Shamrock Holdings, Inc., the investment vehicle of the Roy E. Disney family. This proxy contest and news of Shamrock’s success in electing its full slate of three directors and passing all three of its corporate governance shareholder proposals was covered by CBS News, the
Wall Street Journal,
Bloomberg, the
Associated Press, CNBC, the
Washington Post, the
Los Angeles Times, the
Dallas Morning News and the
Dallas Business Journal.
Click here to read a copy of Shamrock’s press release announcing the final results of the proxy contest.