Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP, Financial)âs chief executive officer may wear a target on his back as the companyâs biggest shareholder, William Ackmanâs Pershing Square Capital Management LP, pushes for a management switch.
Ackman said yesterday the railroad sought a meeting with his proposed replacement for CEO Fred Green -- Hunter Harrison, the retired chief at Canadian National Railway Co. (CNR) Canadian Pacific Chairman John Cleghorn said the railroad never requested talks with Harrison, while not ruling out a CEO change.
âWhy wouldnât they have said in there, âLook, Fred Greenâs our guy, heâs going to continue to run the company,ââ said Brian Yarbrough, an Edward Jones & Co. analyst in St. Louis. Cleghornâs only stated concern about Harrison in a letter to Ackman was the former CEOâs ânon-competeâ agreement with Canadian National, Yarbrough said.
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Ackman said yesterday the railroad sought a meeting with his proposed replacement for CEO Fred Green -- Hunter Harrison, the retired chief at Canadian National Railway Co. (CNR) Canadian Pacific Chairman John Cleghorn said the railroad never requested talks with Harrison, while not ruling out a CEO change.
âWhy wouldnât they have said in there, âLook, Fred Greenâs our guy, heâs going to continue to run the company,ââ said Brian Yarbrough, an Edward Jones & Co. analyst in St. Louis. Cleghornâs only stated concern about Harrison in a letter to Ackman was the former CEOâs ânon-competeâ agreement with Canadian National, Yarbrough said.
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