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Activist investor requires Victoria’s Secret board overhaul amid losses

Editorial Board Published June 16, 2025
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Activist investor Barington Capital Group is looking for Victoria’s Secret to restructure its board of administrators and scrap its just lately adopted shareholder rights plan. 

James Mitarotonda, the CEO of the New York-based hedge fund, which owns greater than 1% of the corporate’s excellent widespread inventory, informed Victoria’s Secret Chair Donna James in a letter Monday that it has failed to appreciate its potential since its separation from its mum or dad firm, L Manufacturers, in 2021, with the present board overseeing the “destruction of $2.4 billion in shareholder value.”   

Mitarotonda argued that the corporate’s present management, together with CEO Hillary Tremendous, lacks the expertise and strategic readability essential to guide a profitable turnaround. Barington famous that Tremendous has restricted chief govt and public firm expertise with solely a quick tenure in intimate attire. 

Carla Bruni, Bella Hadid, Vittoria Ceretti, Eva Herzigova and fashions stroll the runway on the conclusion of the 2024 Victoria’s Secret Trend Present in New York Metropolis, on Oct. 15, 2024. (Reuters/Andrew Kelly / Reuters)

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Mitarotonda additionally pressured considerations that Tremendous has not gained the boldness of staff, and criticized her deal with relaunching secondary manufacturers akin to Pink and increasing into athleticwear, “while failing to prioritize the company’s core business and international growth,” saying it’s a signal of a “lack of strategic focus.” 

Shares of Victoria’s Secret rose Monday morning after the letter was revealed on the investor’s web site.

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Six of the 9 present board of administrators sat on the board in the course of the firm’s decline, and the remaining two impartial administrators “have limited experience successfully scaling global consumer businesses, according to Barington. 

“We imagine that Victoria’s Secret requires a reconstituted Board comprised of administrators with confirmed expertise in model revitalization, operational execution, worldwide growth, and shareholder worth creation,” Mitarotonda wrote, adding that the retailer “ought to take into account changing a majority – if not all – of the Board with impartial administrators who carry related backgrounds, contemporary views, and a robust observe document of worth creation.”  

Models Josephine Skriver, Jasmine Tookes, Lily Aldridge, Adriana Lima, Elsa Hosk, Alessandra Ambrosio, Taylor Hill, Martha Hunt, Sara Sampaio and Lais Ribeiro walks the runway at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Nov. 30, 2016, in Paris, France.

Barington Capital stated it’s dissatisfied by the corporate’s “poison capsule” plan, calling it counterproductive. ( Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Victoria’s Secret) / Getty Images)

Meanwhile, the activist investor, which also has a stake in Macy’s, said it is also disappointed by the company’s recently adopted “poison capsule” plan, calling it counterproductive. 

“Equally troubling, it dangers entrenching administration and the Board at a time when significant change is warranted,” the letter continued. “Tutorial analysis and realworld expertise show that corporations with weak governance constructions and robust anti-takeover provisions are inclined to commerce at decrease valuations.”

To help the brand “regain its footing and succeed,” the investor said the company needs to focus on core product categories, including bras, reinvest in digital and international markets and streamline its operating model. 

Barington argued that the corporate’s present management, together with CEO Hillary Tremendous, lacks the expertise and strategic readability essential to guide a profitable turnaround. (Photograph by Robert Alexander/Getty Photographs)

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Barington stated it had beforehand labored with L Manufacturers to assist implement key initiatives. Throughout its tenure as an adviser to its board of administrators, the share worth of the corporate elevated by 221.5%. 

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