Blackwells Capital to Nominate Five Exceptional Professionals to the Colony Capital Board of Directors
NEW YORK, Nov. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Blackwells Capital LLC (together with its affiliates “Blackwells”), an alternative investment management firm with ownership representing an approximately 1.85% interest in Colony Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) (“Colony” or the “Company”), today announced that it will nominate five exceptional candidates for election to Colony’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the upcoming 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Blackwells has been an actively involved investor in Colony and has attempted to engage privately and constructively with the Company regarding badly needed business improvement initiatives and corporate governance reforms over the course of the last year. Despite these efforts, the Company has refused to make the changes necessary to close the wide gap between Colony’s stock price and its intrinsic value. At this point, Blackwells believes that the best course of action for shareholders is to cast their vote to reconstitute the Board and remove Colony’s ineffective Executive Chairman and CEO, Tom Barrack.