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Activist Investor Brilliantly Sleep Shames Bank Chairman For Dozing Off During Annual Meeting

Apr 10, 2014, 18:57 IST

Part of being an activist investor is convincing the board of a company that changes must be made. Some people do it wrong, some people do it right.

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From Joseph Stilwell, founder of Stilwell Value Partners, we have an example of how it is done right.

Stilwell launched an activist campaign against Wisconsin-based Harvard Illinois Bancorp in 2012. According to government filings, as of last month, Stilwell owns about 9.6% of the bank's stock. (Via @john_hempton)

As such, Joseph Stilwell felt it was his duty inform his fellow shareholders that the Chairman of the Board of Harvard Illinois Bancorp apparently completely passed out at the last shareholder meeting - and that none of his fellow boardmembers woke him up because... Who knows?

Check out a screenshot of the letter below.

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You can't say you don't love that "winning with teamwork" is painted on the wall there.

Sweet dreams, bud.

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