{ "docId": "019dd923-622c-750b-8b99-1e32ee1ceb49", "docSlug": "cce862680d4f", "documentTitle": "Heska Corporation (HSKA)", "authorId": "54_Spruce_Point_Capital", "authorName": "Spruce Point Capital Management", "documentKindSlug": "activist-deck", "documentKindLabel": "Activist deck", "sourceTypeSlug": "short_seller", "sourceTypeLabel": "Short seller", "presentationDate": "2021-10-25 00:00:00", "orientation": "landscape", "aspectRatio": 1.3333334, "pageNumber": 106, "pageCount": 128, "prevPage": 105, "nextPage": 107, "slideType": "expose_contradiction", "function": "expose_contradiction", "density": "overcrowded", "nDataPoints": 0, "notes": "Uses a combination of press release excerpts and critical commentary to highlight potential governance failures.", "elementsJson": [ "headline_text", "paragraph", "callout_box", "screenshot" ], "metadataConfidence": 1, "imagePath": null, "slideHref": "/slides/019dd923-622c-750b-8b99-1e32ee1ceb49/106", "deckHref": "/decks/019dd923-622c-750b-8b99-1e32ee1ceb49", "deckJsonHref": "/decks/019dd923-622c-750b-8b99-1e32ee1ceb49.json", "deckAnchorHref": "/decks/019dd923-622c-750b-8b99-1e32ee1ceb49#slide-106", "components": [ { "bbox": { "h": 0.08, "w": 0.96, "x": 0.02, "y": 0.65 }, "kind": "callout", "text": "Heska’s Board patted itself on the back for eliminating clear conflicts of interest related to its CEO. Should it have been so self-congratulatory given (1) it allowed the situation to persist for five years, (2) the value and timing of the transaction are suspect, and (3) it didn’t actually eliminate all the conflicts related to Wilson and Cuattro?", "attrs": null, "subkind": "primary", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "7685ef39-95cd-4aff-8f40-7c1e84c71179", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.08, "w": 0.96, "x": 0.02, "y": 0.56 }, "kind": "callout", "text": "Heska’s Chair, Scott Humphrey, commented, “We have received investor feedback advising it would be best for us to eliminate the related party obligations, expenses, balances, and reporting associated with Cuattro since 2013. The Transactions address these concerns and are in the best interest of our stockholders. We believe the Transactions will eliminate distractions and allow us to more strongly focus on our collective success in 2019 and beyond.”", "attrs": null, "subkind": "primary", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "776f8e96-a2fb-47c3-9fd6-c84af2c0610c", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.08, "w": 0.96, "x": 0.02, "y": 0.17 }, "kind": "callout", "text": "After five years and millions of dollars of payments from Heska back to Cuattro, LLC (and into Wilson’s pockets), the 2018 asset purchase was meant to address Wilson’s conflicts of interest. However, that transaction and Wilson’s continuing involvement with Cuattro, LLC only raise more questions.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "primary", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "edf027cc-9849-445d-ab19-084cd0e547eb", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": null, "kind": "callout", "text": "After five years and millions of dollars of payments from Heska back to Cuattro, LLC (and into Wilson's pockets), the 2018 asset purchase was meant to address Wilson's conflicts of interest. 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LOVELAND, CO, November 30, 2018...", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "65853bd6-4ffc-4613-96f0-c60939aeb1d9", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.03, "w": 0.96, "x": 0.02, "y": 0.31 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "Heska 2018 Asset Transaction Press Release", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "66197139-c129-4eed-99ef-c3cc0fcca0aa", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.15, "w": 0.96, "x": 0.02, "y": 0.75 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "In Heska’s 2016 10-K, the Company states: “Our digital radiography products are supplied under a contract with Cuattro, LLC, which typically buys its hardware products and components from third parties.” Thus, under the arrangement, Heska was essentially re-distributing a white-label product manufactured by a third party other than Cuattro. Based on Heska’s current risk factor disclosure, its current re-sale arrangements are non-exclusive. Therefore, why didn’t Heska simply source product from Cuattro’s suppliers?", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "c467e0ea-d3e1-4968-bf76-de1afbc535a2", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": null, "kind": "quote", "text": "We have received investor feedback advising it would be best for us to eliminate the related party obligations, expenses, balances, and reporting associated with Cuattro since 2013. The Transactions address these concerns and are in the best interest of our stockholders. 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