Disney versus Nelson Peltz vote hinges on Vanguard, State Street, institutional investors
In 2015, Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners was defeated in an activist campaign against chemical firm DuPont, largely because the top three institutional shareholders voted against his slate. Nearly a decade later, those same institutional investors — Vanguard, State Street and BlackRock — are the three largest shareholders in Disney. And they could make or break Peltz's campaign against the board that's backing Disney CEO Bob Iger.