Elliott's Cohn steps off eBay board, two newcomers join
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss
BOSTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Elliott 管理／経営 is giving up its board seat at eBay Inc, the company said on Thursday, いっそう少なく than two years after laying out a 詳細な計画 for 改良s at the ecommerce company that 含むd divestitures and led to a 二塁打ing of the 在庫／株 price.
Elliott partner 足緒 Cohn, who runs the hedge 基金's U.S. activism practice, 辞職するd his seat 18 months after joining the group on March 1, 2019 as part of a 解決／入植地 that gave Elliott and another 行動主義者 hedge 基金 a bigger say in the company's 操作／手術s.
LinkedIn (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Mohak Shroff and Carol Hayles, a former 長，指導者 財政上の officer at CIT Group, are joining the board, eBay said in a 声明. Ebay 創立者 Pierre Omidyar will step 支援する from board 責任／義務s and become a director emeritus.
早期に in 2019, Elliott, which now owns 1.4% of eBay's 在庫／株 and 階級s as one of its biggest 投資家s, had 公然と asked the company to review its 大臣の地位, 活力を回復させる its 核心 marketplace 商売／仕事, make 操作の 改良s, return more 資本／首都 to 株主s and 精密検査する its leadership.
Since then, eBay has sold its 分類するd 部隊 and its StubHub ticket-転売するing 壇・綱領・公約, introduced its first ever （株主への）配当, 拡大するd 利ざやs and 任命する／導入するd a new 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある. 株 の近くにd at $52.32 on Thursday, after の近くにing at a high of $59.27 on July 10. Before Elliott's position became known in January 2019, the 在庫／株 貿易（する）d at $28.97.
"足緒 brought strong leadership 技術s and a 科学（工学）技術 投資家's 視野 to the board. His input was 極端に helpful with eBay's operating and 大臣の地位 reviews," board Chairman Paul Pressler said.
"EBay is a tremendous company and has been a terrific 投資 for Elliott 管理／経営. It was a 楽しみ to serve on eBay´s Board for the past year and a half," Cohn said in a 声明. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Svea Herbst-Bayliss; Editing by Tom Brown)
