JEFFREY C. SMITH

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ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2017-04-06 Mr. Smith is CEO of Starboard Value LP and serves on boards of various companies including Yahoo! Inc.
2018-04-18 Mr. Smith is a Managing Member, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Starboard Value LP... Mr. Smith also previously served as a director of Yahoo! Inc., a multinational technology company, but no direct technical or programming skills are mentioned.
2019-04-26 Mr. Smith is a Managing Member, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Starboard Value LP, a New York-based investment adviser.

ODP Corp

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2014-03-24 Jeffrey Smith has served as a Director on our Board since August 2013. ... The Compensation Committee met twenty-two (22) times. ... The post-merger Compensation Committee consists of Messrs. Szymanski, Marino, Massey and J. Smith. ... Director Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2013 ... Jeffrey Smith $26,902 StockAwards $87,500 Total $114,402

PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2019-03-27 Jeffrey C. Smith Age: 46 Director since 2019 Chairman of the Board Mr. Smith is a Managing Member, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Starboard Value LP, a New York-based investment adviser with a focused and fundamental approach to investing primarily in publicly traded U.S. companies, which he founded in April 2011. He currently serves as our Chairman. From January 1998 to April 2011, Mr. Smith was a Partner Managing Director of Ramius LLC, a subsidiary of the Cowen Group, Inc. and the Chief Investment Officer of the Ramius Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. Prior to joining Ramius LLC in January 1998, he served as Vice President of Strategic Development and a director of The Fresh Juice Company, Inc. Mr. Smith brings extensive experience to the Board as an active change agent investor, having worked with more than 50 different public companies to improve operations, strategy and corporate governance for the benefit of stockholders, including oversight of successful restaurant turnaround and board transformation. Mr. Smith has served as chairman of the board of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. since May 2016. He has served on the board of Perrigo Company plc. since February 2017. Mr. Smith previously served as chairman of the board of Darden Restaurants, Inc. from October 2014 to April 2016; and as a director of Yahoo! Inc from April 2016 to June 2017. He also previously served as a director of: Quantum Corporation from May 2013 to May 2015; Office Depot, Inc. from August 2013 to September 2014; Regis Corporation from October 2011 until October 2013; and Surmodics, Inc. from January 2011 to August 2012. Mr. Smith also previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Phoenix Technologies Ltd.; and as a director of Zoran Corporation, Actel Corporation, S1 Corporation, Kensey Nash Corporation, and the Fresh Juice Company, Inc. Mr. Smith was initially appointed to the Board, and has been selected as a director nominee, pursuant to the Governance Agreement.
2020-03-20 Jeffrey C. Smith Age: 47 Director since 2019 Chairman of the Board The following table sets forth the compensation paid to directors during 2019: Jeffrey C. Smith 133,333 250,000 — 383,333
2021-03-23 Jeffrey C. Smith Age: 48 Director since 2019 Chair of the Board The following table sets forth the compensation paid to directors during 2020: Jeffrey C. Smith 100,000 cash + 200,077 equity = 300,077 total.
2022-03-22 Jeffrey C. Smith Age: 49 Director since 2019 Chair of the Board The following table sets forth the compensation paid to directors during 2021: Jeffrey C. Smith 111,250 cash + 200,033 stock awards = 311,283 total

QUANTUM CORP /DE/

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2013-06-24 Mr. Smith is a member of the Company’s Leadership and Compensation Committee. No compensation listed for Mr. Smith in the Fiscal 2013 Director Compensation Table.
2014-07-29 Mr. Smith is a member of the Company’s Leadership and Compensation Committee. Compensation paid to the non-employee directors during Fiscal 2014 is set forth in the following table. Jeffrey C. Smith received $52,500 in cash fees and $150,000 in stock awards, totaling $202,500.

REGIS CORP

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2012-09-14 Mr. Jeffrey C. Smith, age 40, Director, Director Since 2011. Mr. Smith was elected a director of Regis in October 2011. Compensation table shows total compensation of $141,060.

SURMODICS INC

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2011-12-22 Jeffrey C. Smith (Class III) has been a director of the Company since January 2011. Mr. Smith is a Managing Member, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Starboard. Mr. Smith serves on the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Organization and Compensation Committee. Director Compensation table: Jeffrey C. Smith Fees Earned or Paid in Cash $35,000, Option Awards $60,000, Total $95,000.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2026-02-03