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Shaw revealed on Thursday it had amassed a roughly $1 billion stake in industrial gas giant Air Products and Chemicals, the second activist stake at the $71 billion company. Shaw, is seeking a clear succession plan for Air Product's CEO, 80-year-old Seifi Ghasemi. Shaw also took aim at how Air Products has structured some of its largest deals. Shaw said in its presentation to Air Products' board that the company has begun significant hydrogen projects costing many billions of dollars, without any guaranteed cash flow. Air Products declined to comment on either activist engagement.
Persons: Shaw, Paul Hilal's, Mantle, Ghasemi, Scott Sutton, Olin, D.E, Hilal's, Linde Organizations: Air Products, Chemicals, Air Product's, D.E, Products
But protocols failed to match reality at the Niagara Falls plant, according to more than a dozen workers. In addition to those signature diseases, which are rare even among asbestos workers, the tiny strands can harm the body in other ways. In the 15 years that followed, congressional attempts to ban asbestos would continue to fall short. OSHA declined to make an official available for an on-the-record interview or comment on ProPublica's findings at the Niagara Falls plant. At the OxyChem plant in Wichita, union president Keith Peacock said he was comfortable with the way asbestos was handled.
Sachem Head invests with chemicals company Olin Corporation, flavors and fragrance company IFF and food service distributor US Foods Holding and each one replaced its chief executive officer after Sachem Head became involved. He praised the company's plan for share buybacks, saying it was eyeing buying back 20% of outstanding shares a year. The company's CEO Pietro Satriano also left the company. Activists often try to push for changes by influencing the board, sometimes by trying to get seats on the board. In a recent regulatory filing, Sachem Head said that it had made investments in FedEx and Hasbro, both of which have had activist investors pushing for changes this year.
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