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      "text": "Our due diligence has uncovered that the Company has not even contacted likely financial buyers to become part of the process. It is our understanding that NDAs have only recently been distributed to potential suitors despite the process having been active for five months.",
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      "text": "To avoid interfering with the sale process, Ancora chose not to nominate new director candidates for election to the Board this year. However, the Board has demonstrated an alarming lack of urgency in pursuing a sale – and the Company's stock has suffered for it. Shareholders must use the 2025 Annual Meeting to communicate that further delays will not be tolerated.",
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      "text": "On October 17, 2024, the date of the FreightWaves report, the Company's stock closed at $40.16. On May 16, 2025, the Company's stock closed at $19.17.",
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