{ "docId": "019dd923-622c-750b-8b95-5b6cd9de57e7", "docSlug": "1f72dfcd3d1a", "documentTitle": "Parkland Corporation (PKI)", "authorId": "27_Engine_Capital", "authorName": "Arnaud Ajdler", "documentKindSlug": "shareholder-letter", "documentKindLabel": "Shareholder letter", "sourceTypeSlug": "activist_investor", "sourceTypeLabel": "Activist investor", "presentationDate": "2024-05-18 00:00:00", "orientation": "portrait", "aspectRatio": 0.77272725, "pageNumber": 3, "pageCount": 3, "prevPage": 2, "nextPage": null, "slideType": "expose_contradiction", "function": "expose_contradiction", "density": "dense", "nDataPoints": 1, "notes": "This is a page from a shareholder letter, specifically page 3.", "elementsJson": [ "paragraph" ], "metadataConfidence": 0.95, "imagePath": null, "slideHref": "/slides/019dd923-622c-750b-8b95-5b6cd9de57e7/3", "deckHref": "/decks/019dd923-622c-750b-8b95-5b6cd9de57e7", "deckJsonHref": "/decks/019dd923-622c-750b-8b95-5b6cd9de57e7.json", "deckAnchorHref": "/decks/019dd923-622c-750b-8b95-5b6cd9de57e7#slide-3", "components": [ { "bbox": null, "kind": "callout", "text": "The point of a strategic process is not to sell the Company below its intrinsic value, but to explore whether shareholders could monetize their shares at or above intrinsic value today without having to take any execution risks.", "attrs": null, "subkind": null, "toolName": "Visual emphasis", "toolSlug": "visual-emphasis", "confidence": null, "componentId": "019dd952-ee3b-7248-a196-9b205d700bf9", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.085, "w": 0.764, "x": 0.118, "y": 0.785 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "Sincerely, Arnaud Ajdler Managing Partner Brad Favreau Partner", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "1c4851e6-f474-47bd-96b6-b3db401e23a5", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.175, "w": 0.764, "x": 0.118, "y": 0.094 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "mentioned in our prior public letter would undervalue the company. And yet, Mr. Espey has sold close to 100,000 shares in the last couple of months in the low forties and most board members have not stepped up to buy shares at the current valuation (despite our recent letter suggesting they do). It’s ironic that the people who oppose a value maximization process because the stock is so undervalued are the very same people who sell or are unwilling to buy a meaningful number of shares.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "2ea48146-c77d-4267-adf2-391256d8e0ea", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.155, "w": 0.764, "x": 0.118, "y": 0.555 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "If you ran an effective process, we believe the Board would surface significant value because strategic buyers could extract significant synergies. The Board’s position that there is a \"for sale\" sign because Simpson made its announcement is not valid due to the complexity of the business. As a result, it may take more than one party to maximize value and that will only happen when the Board proactively runs a strategic process. Additionally, many buyers will not be interested unless they are approached by a company and their interest is solicited.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "677582d4-fc55-47dc-8eb2-431ff8e3a03c", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.045, "w": 0.764, "x": 0.118, "y": 0.725 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "Based on numerous conversations, we believe a majority of shareholders would be in favor of exploring strategic alternatives and exploring the value that could be surfaced.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "799baa32-cd2c-4f80-ab3b-a4fff51fdb58", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.255, "w": 0.764, "x": 0.118, "y": 0.285 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "We acknowledge that the stock is undervalued and trades below intrinsic value. Rather than being a reason not to explore strategic alternatives, this public market discount (which has been persistent for a long time) should be the reason to engage in an exploratory process to find out the private market value of the business. In a competitive process, strategic buyers will be forced to pay full and fair value for the Company, independently of the stock price. Given its diverse set of businesses in some industries that are no longer favored by public market participants, it is likely that Parkland will never be properly valued in the public market. 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