US investor Nelson Peltz has backed away from an aggressive takeover of Family Dollar Stores after a deal with the discount retailer.
Peltz, who had tried to buy the company through his Trian Group hedge fund, has agreed to not seek “economic ownership” of more than 9.9% of Family Dollar stock for a specified period of time.
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In return Edward Garden, the chief investment officer of Trian, will get a place on the discount retailers’ board, as detailed in a regulatory filing last week.
The filing said Trian would “work constructively with [Family Dollar’s] management and the board to identify and pursue strategies to enhance shareholder value”.
In March, Family Dollar’s board unanimously rejected a takeover approach from Trian, claiming it “substantially” undervalued the company.
