Please find the attached for instruction. Please carefully read through it!!!! Over the past decade, individual investors (usually controlling well-financed hedge funds) have taken minority interest in prominent corporations through the purchase of stock shares and stock options with the intention of influencing the boards of directors to act in ways that challenge the existing corporate strategy. Although th ey , generally, have not wanted to take over the companies, they have wanted to influence decisions by gaining seats on the boards. One of the most common changes the various activist investors have sought is the dispersal of corporate funds to shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks. Critics have argued that such financial activities are short-run focused and detract from the corporations' ability to invest in the long-term. In response to the presence, influence, and success of these activist investors, prominent Senators have introduced legislation, the " Brokaw  Act," in an attempt to limit their power. Formatting: 5 pages, single-spaced, double spacing between paragraphs, (including the senatorial heading) Following standard senatorial reporting procedures in APA format (CMS optional) .

1. Please find the attached for instruction.
Please carefully read through it!!!!
Over the past decade, individual investors (usually controlling
well-financed hedge funds) have taken minority interest in
prominent corporations through the purchase of stock shares and
stock options with the intention of influencing the boards of
directors to act in ways that challenge the existing corporate
strategy. Although th
ey
, generally, have not wanted to take over the companies, they
have wanted to influence decisions by gaining seats on the
boards. One of the most common changes the various activist
investors have sought is the dispersal of corporate funds to
shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks. Critics
have argued that such financial activities are short-run focused
and detract from the corporations' ability to invest in the long-
term.
In response to the presence, influence, and success of these
activist investors, prominent Senators have introduced
legislation, the "
Brokaw
Act," in an attempt to limit their power.
Formatting:
5 pages, single-spaced, double spacing between paragraphs,
(including the senatorial heading)
Following standard senatorial reporting procedures in APA
format (CMS optional)