Cannae (CNNE) faces Carronade proxy fight over -61% 5-year return
Carronade Capital Master, LP is running an activist campaign at Cannae Holdings, Inc. (CNNE), using a definitive proxy statement and a GOLD universal proxy card to seek election of four director nominees at the 2025 annual meeting.
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Carronade Capital Master, LP is running an activist campaign at Cannae Holdings, Inc. (CNNE), using a definitive proxy statement and a GOLD universal proxy card to seek election of four director nominees at the 2025 annual meeting. Carronade has also filed a supplement with additional information on the meeting and is promoting its campaign through digital advertisements placed on November 18, 2025. In a media quote reported by Diligent, Carronade highlights its concerns about Cannae’s stock performance, citing share price declines of -61%, -35% and -23% over the past 5, 3 and 1 years, respectively, to argue for changes in the company’s board and direction.
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Activist Carronade is challenging Cannae’s board, citing multi‑year stock underperformance.
Carronade Capital is pursuing a board shake-up at Cannae Holdings by nominating four directors via a GOLD universal proxy card for the 2025 annual meeting. This represents a formal proxy contest, where shareholders will effectively choose between the company’s slate and Carronade’s nominees for control of key board seats.
The campaign includes digital advertising and media outreach, showing that Carronade is investing resources to reach other investors. In a quote reported by Diligent, Carronade points to Cannae’s share price declines of -61%, -35% and -23% over the past 5, 3 and 1 years, respectively, to support its case that performance has been weak.
For investors, the outcome of the 2025 annual meeting will determine whether Cannae’s current strategy and leadership continue or whether Carronade’s nominees gain influence in setting direction. Subsequent shareholder communications and the final vote results will clarify how much support this activist effort receives.
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Carronade Capital Master, LP (“Carronade”), together with the other participants in its solicitation, has filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying GOLD universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to be used to solicit votes for the election of Carronade’s slate of four director nominees at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Cannae Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”). Carronade has filed a supplement to its definitive proxy statement that includes certain additional information on the Annual Meeting.
Item 1: On November 18, 2025, Carronade placed the following digital advertisements:
Item 2: Also on November 18, 2025, Diligent published an article, which was posted on Diligent’s website and included the following quote from Carronade:
A spokesperson for Carronade told Diligent Market Intelligence that “Cannae’s investor deck is replete with untruths and misstates its own record and Carronade’s efforts - the best evidence that Cannae’s plan has been entirely ineffective is its abysmal stock price performance which has lost investors -61%, -35% and -23% over the past 5, 3, and 1 years, respectively.”
Source: Diligent. Diligent is not a party to and has not endorsed Carronade’s proxy solicitation and has not consented to use of the article in Carronade’s proxy solicitation.