Understanding Shareholder Activism and How Companies Respond

A concept course for CFOs, finance controllers, corporate development teams, and late-stage founders who want to understand shareholder activism before they ever face it. In India, promoters often hold large stakes, so activism rarely looks like a Wall Street proxy fight. It works through institutional votes, proxy advisor recommendations, EGM requisitions, majority of minority approvals on related party transactions, and public pressure. You will learn what activists want and how they pick targets, the Companies Act, SEBI LODR, and Takeover Code provisions that set the rules of engagement, how proxy advisors and mutual fund stewardship codes shape voting, and how boards should prepare, respond, and decide whether to engage, settle, or resist. The course closes with Indian cases where shareholders changed the outcome, and a readiness plan you can apply to your own company.