Synopsis
Activist-investor Mantle Ridge Capital has taken a USD1 billion position in Cognizant. In 2016, Elliott Management took a 4% stake in the company and Cognizant did not come out of that activist ownership happily. Will things be different this time around?
Activist-investors have a reputation. They come in. Pillage the company for returns. And, sometimes, leave a broken listless firm behind. The buyout of RJR Nabisco gave rise to the term ‘Barbarians at…