As the The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) investor battleground has been prepared for a showdown vote on April 23, the question remains is David Winter’s correct in his assertions? Or does such a minority shareholder even have a right to hold the firm accountable for a compensation plan that Winters called “stunning”? “If management is going to hijack the value of the company investors should be aware,” Winters said in an interview. At issue are assertions made by Winters that Coke’s employee compensation program would gut shareholders of value while enriching the top 5% of the company. Did David Winters make a…
David Winters Duels With Coke Over Math, Readies For Vote
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.