Additional Proxy Soliciting Materials - Non-management (definitive) (dfan14a)

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Filed by the Registrant o

 

Filed by a Party other than the Registrant þ

 

Check the appropriate box:

 

o	Preliminary Proxy Statement
o	Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
o	Definitive Proxy Statement
o	Definitive Additional Materials
þ	Soliciting Material Under Rule 14a-12

 

The Walt Disney Company

(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Trian Fund Management, L.P.

Trian Fund Management GP, LLC

Trian Partners, L.P.

Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.

Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.

Trian Partners Fund (Sub)-G, L.P.

Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P.

Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-N, L.P.

Trian Partners Strategic Fund-G II, L.P.

Trian Partners Strategic Fund-G III, L.P.

Trian Partners Strategic Fund-K, L.P.

Trian Partners Co-Investment Opportunities Fund, Ltd.

Nelson Peltz

Peter W. May

Edward P. Garden

Matthew Peltz

 

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply):

 

þ	No fee required.
o	Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.

 

o	Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a6(i)(1) and 0-11.

On February 2, 2023, Trian Fund Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Trian”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) and a letter to shareholders (the “Shareholder Letter” and, together with the Press Release, the “Materials”) related to The Walt Disney Company (the “Company”), which Trian also simultaneously published to its website, located at www.RestoreTheMagic.com. A copy of the Press Release is filed herewith as Exhibit 1 and a copy of the Shareholder Letter is filed herewith as Exhibit 2. From time to time, Trian or its fellow participants in the proxy solicitation may publish the Materials, or portions thereof, on its Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube pages and various other social media channels relating to The Walt Disney Company and they may otherwise disseminate the Materials from time to time.

 

Exhibit 1

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 2