The activist investor that helped spur the historic Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern deal is building a position in CSX.
Activist investor Ancora has called on Forward Air’s board to consider a sale of the company and to begin engaging with potential buyers.
Activist investor Clearlake Capital holds a 13.8% equity position in Forward Air and signaled it may look to make changes at the company.
Past Forward Air CFO Andy Clarke outlines his outlook for improving returns at his former company. He represents an activist investor group, which includes turnaround investment firm Ancora Advisors and Forward’s founder.
Former executives at Forward Air along with an activist investor have been acquiring shares since October in efforts to make changes to the management team, board and capital allocation strategy, which may include divesting “non-core assets.”
