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(NESN)", "authorId": "05_Third_Point", "authorName": "Third Point", "documentKindSlug": "shareholder-letter", "documentKindLabel": "Shareholder letter", "sourceTypeSlug": "activist_investor", "sourceTypeLabel": "Activist investor", "presentationDate": "2017-06-25 00:00:00", "orientation": "portrait", "aspectRatio": 0.77272725, "pageNumber": 3, "pageCount": 8, "prevPage": 2, "nextPage": 4, "slideType": "executive_summary", "function": "frame_situation", "density": "dense", "nDataPoints": 1, "notes": "This is a page from a shareholder letter (likely Third Point's letter to Nestlé).", "elementsJson": [ "paragraph" ], "metadataConfidence": 0.9, "imagePath": null, "slideHref": "/slides/019dd923-622b-71dc-a6db-329c982da726/3", "deckHref": "/decks/019dd923-622b-71dc-a6db-329c982da726", "deckJsonHref": "/decks/019dd923-622b-71dc-a6db-329c982da726.json", "deckAnchorHref": "/decks/019dd923-622b-71dc-a6db-329c982da726#slide-3", "components": [ { "bbox": null, "kind": "callout", "text": "However, we feel strongly that in order to succeed, Dr. Schneider will need to articulate a decisive and bold action plan that addresses the staid culture and tendency towards incrementalism that has typified the company's prior leadership and resulted in its long-term underperformance.", "attrs": null, "subkind": null, "toolName": "Visual emphasis", "toolSlug": "visual-emphasis", "confidence": null, "componentId": "019dd952-fb8f-761b-afcb-60fbf4f8d2d7", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.35, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.25 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "Like other investors, we are also confident that Nestlé is prepared for change because of the company's wise decision last year to hire a new Chief Executive with a high caliber pedigree from outside its ranks for the first time in nearly a century. Nestlé's new leader, Dr. Ulf Mark Schneider, had an impressive track record of value creation as the CEO of Fresenius, a German medical supply company, from 2003 until he joined Nestlé. He delivered strong organic sales growth and executed well on transformational M&A, and shares appreciated at a roughly 20% CAGR during his tenure. As he settles into his role at Nestlé, we think he has the ability to execute on the kinds of new initiatives the company must pursue. However, we feel strongly that in order to succeed, Dr. Schneider will need to articulate a decisive and bold action plan that addresses the staid culture and tendency towards incrementalism that has typified the company's prior leadership and resulted in its long-term underperformance.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "6b8d270d-9253-4b09-897f-16784ff437d0", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.15, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.1 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "improvement and innovation in its core businesses, an unoptimized balance sheet, a number of non-core assets, and a recent history of meaningful under-performance versus peers. It is rare to find a business of Nestlé's quality with so many avenues for improvement.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "a6b409a1-9977-433a-98c8-22f0525d29f7", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.35, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.6 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "Our observations and insights about the company have been bolstered by Jan Bennink, one of the world's recognized leaders in the packaged goods space, who we have retained to advise us on this investment. Among other roles, Jan was a successful CEO of Royal Numico, which was the largest baby food company in Europe when he became its chief executive. At Numico, Jan divested non-core assets and cut costs in order to reinvest in the core business. His actions helped dramatically reaccelerate organic sales growth and expand margins before the company was sold to Danone for a huge premium. He then became the Executive Chairman of Sara Lee, where he oversaw its separation into two \"pure play\" companies: a North American branded meat company called Hillshire Brands, and a global tea & coffee company called DE Master Blenders 1753. He then led Master Blenders until it was sold to the Joh. A. 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