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Nelson Peltz may have lost the battle with Disney, but in strict financial terms may have won the war. The activist investor waged a months-long campaign against CEO Bob Iger and the media company’s board of directors, ending in a decisive defeat at April’s annual shareholder meeting. At the heart of…

The Walt Disney Co. has released the official vote totals from its April 3 annual shareholder meeting, the event that featured the culmination of a proxy fight waged by Nelson Peltz. The effort by Peltz’s Trian Fund Management to secure two seats on the company’s board of directors was vanquished by…

It had all the elements of a good action movie – jeopardy, revenge, a mega budget – with even some casualties thrown in (albeit corporate). The Bob Iger vs Nelson Peltz (who?) war is over now and Iger has won. But some filmmakers and ticket buyers might…

Activist investor Nelson Peltz, reflecting on his losing proxy battle with Disney, says he will “watch and wait” to see if the company keeps its promises. If it doesn’t, he told CNBC in an interview Thursday, “you’ll see me again.” Asked by host Jim Cramer if reports were true that his firm…

Bob Iger took a victory lap Thursday morning, a day after Disney fended off activist investor Nelson Peltz in a fierce proxy battle. In an interview on CNBC, the CEO said the fight had one positive: getting the company in closer touch with investors as it lobbied hard for its board slate. He also said succ…

Scoring a big and costly win Wednesday against Nelson Peltz's second attempt to get on the Disney board, Bob Iger was both gracious and a little biting in victory. Once the vote results were announced this morning during Disney’s annual meeting of shareholders, the past and present CEO address the…

Disney has succeeded in barring Nelson Peltz from its board of directors as shareholders at the company’s hotly anticipated annual meeting today voted in its slate of 12 nominees, fending off outsiders. It was a months-long bitter and costly fight. The numbers are preliminary with official results…

Elon Musk is backing Nelson Peltz in the proxy battle for the future of Disney. Onlookers are waiting with baited breath after the bitter voting to select Disney’s board of directors closed last night, with CEO Bob Iger’s nominees appearing likely to win out. However, that didn’t stop X/Twitter and…

The minutes are ticking down to the close of Disney's bitter proxy fight with Nelson Peltz, whose attempt to scale the board is a direct challenge to CEO Bob Iger. Barring any hanging chads, results from voting for members of the board of directors will be revealed Wednesday at the company’s annual…

Oscar winner John Ridley has some choice words for Nelson Peltz, the activist investor who's trying to land two seats on the board of the Walt Disney Co. In the new episode of Deadline's Doc Talk podcast, pod co-host Ridley excoriates Peltz for remarks the Trian Fund titan made about Disney's…

Disney may have nudged Nelson Peltz farther from its board as giant BlackRock is said to be backing the company's slate of directors. The firm is Disney's second-largest shareholder at about 4.2%. The news, first reported in the Wall Street Journal, followed T. Rowe Price, an 0.5% owner, coming out…

All due respect to Godzilla, but the first quarter of this year was a bust for Hollywood. There's no getting around it. The news read like an April Fool's joke without a punchline. Disney gave up its fight with Florida, better to face its battle with inv…