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Starboard builds Solstice stake, pushes $100m cost cuts

Starboard Value has built a substantial stake in Honeywell spin-off Solstice Advanced Materials and is pressing it to cut $100m in costs and focus on core businesses, according to a Financial Times report cited by Hedgeweek. The fund, which manages $8.2bn, holds several hundred million dollars' worth of shares, making it one of Solstice's ten largest shareholders. Starboard is pushing for lower corporate overheads and better execution in refrigerants and nuclear businesses, with emphasis on uranium enrichment growth.

Why “Unverified”

  • Reported by Hedgeweek alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet

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What the sources claim

  1. Starboard Value has built a substantial stake in Solstice Advanced Materials and is pushing the Honeywell spin-off to cut $100m in costs.

    “Starboard Value has built a substantial stake in Solstice Advanced Materials, pushing the Honeywell spin-off to cut $100m in costs”
    Hedgeweek
  2. Starboard manages $8.2bn and has accumulated several hundred million dollars' worth of Solstice shares, making it one of the company's ten largest shareholders.

    “Starboard, which manages $8.2bn, has accumulated several hundred million dollars' worth of shares”
    Hedgeweek
  3. Starboard is pressing Solstice to reduce corporate overheads and improve execution across its refrigerants and nuclear businesses.

    “The hedge fund is pressing Solstice to reduce corporate overheads and improve execution across its refrigerants and nuclear businesses”
    Hedgeweek
  4. Solstice is one of a limited number of companies outside Russia and China able to supply a key chemical used in uranium enrichment.

    “Solstice is one of a limited number of companies outside Russia and China capable of supplying a key chemical used in uranium enrichment”
    Hedgeweek

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