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On Eve of Big Vote, Masimo & Politan Make One Last Pitch; Politan Sues Over Vote Manipulation

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Despite explosions going off everywhere all around the combatants, Masimo Corporation’s 2024 Annual Stockholders Meeting will in fact take place as rescheduled tomorrow, September 19, 2024. It has been a long and bloody battle to get to this point and it is not entirely clear who will prevail. But both sides took a last shot at reaching out to investors to try and gain their votes.

Politan’s swing was a little more powerful as it announced it would expand its lawsuit in the Delaware Court of the Chancery – with a new party to be sued, based on evidence it uncovered as part of Masimo’s lawsuit against it in California District Court.

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It’s Getting Manic at Masimo vs Politan as Dueling Proxy Materials Sling Sludge & Lawsuits

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I’m thinking of pitching Bravo Network on my idea for a new reality TV show called something like …Masimo Manic Mysteries…or Politan Proxy Obsessions… What do you think? I’ve got tons of material to pull from. I’ve followed many proxy battles over the years, but this one definitely wins the prize as the most personal and brutal battle I’ve seen. In the first twelve days of September, there has been no fewer than seventeen new proxy revisions, investor letters, and proxy-related press releases (four separate filings just today!) filed and mailed to investors. Investor’s heads must be spinning…I know mine is!

And of course, as the 2024 Annual Stockholders Meeting approaches – only one week away – the drama continues to ramp up as management continues to dig in to save their jobs while investors keep shoring up more votes. It’s getting really ugly.

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Politan Reveals Masimo Lawsuit To All Investors; Says It’s Desperate & Defamatory

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Masimo: ‘Confidential Informants’ Allege Koffey Has Breached His Fiduciary Duties as a Director

Almost exactly one week ago, Masimo and its Board of Directors filed a lawsuit against Politan Capital Management in which it alleged Politan’s proxy materials contained material misrepresentations and asked the court to order the activist investor to correct them. The company also delayed its upcoming annual stockholders meeting from July to September. Two days after that, Politan responded with a countersuit in which it asked the court to order Masimo to hold its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as soon as possible.

Now Politan has taken the unusual step of publishing Masimo’s lawsuit against them and providing it to all Masimo stockholders. The Masimo suit, which has some outrageous claims against Politan and particularly CIO Quentin Koffey, is being provided by a confident Koffey who believes investors will see it for what he says it is…a desperate attempt to stop the investor vote for independent directors.

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Politan Returns Fire; Files Countersuit Against Masimo & Directors in Delaware

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Claims Company is Violating Its Own Bylaws & Delaware Law

On Tuesday, I told you that Joe Kiani and Masimo Directors filed a lawsuit against Politan Capital Management and Quentin Koffey, asking the courts to force Poltian to correct what it claims are material misrepresentations in Politan’s proxy materials provided to Masimo stockholders. Late Wednesday, Politan returned fire, filing its own countersuit – but in a much more strategic way…

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On the Defensive, Kiani & Masimo’s Claws Come Out; Postpones Annual Meeting & Sues Politan

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Company Chooses to Delay Annual Stockholders Meeting & Set New Record Date

Masimo Corporation (Nasdaq: Masi) announced on Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in California against Politan Capital Management and CIO Quentin Koffey, asking the court for an injunction to force Politan “to correct material misstatements and omissions”…in its “proxy materials.” It also says it has set a new date for its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, with a new record date, “to ensure that the vote of the Company’s stockholders is fair and fully informed.” That move is clearly in reaction to evidence uncovered by Politan of a legal but ethically questionable move called “empty voting” in an apparent attempt by an individual who is a friend of Joe Kiani to swing the vote in management’s favor – a move that Politan says would disenfranchise investors who voted.

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