Gladstone Place Partners: Tulane Market Sentiment Survey

To inform the M&A and the Media Panel at this year's Tulane Corporate Law Institute on March 8:

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* 1. Please pick one scenario for the M&A market in 2024 compared to 2023.

a. Down sharply

b. Down modestly

c. Flat

d. Up modestly

e. Up sharply

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* 2. What kinds of deals will drive M&A in 2024? (Select all that apply)

a. Strategic deals

b. Private equity deals

c. Club deals

d. Breakups / Bust-ups

e. Hostile takeovers

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What industries are ripe for M&A activity in 2024? (Select all that apply)

a. Media

b. Energy

c. Healthcare / Pharma / Biotech

d. Consumer

e. Industrials

f. Technology

g. Banking / Finance

h. Metals and Mining

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* 4. What macro factors would have the most significant impact on deal-making activity for 2024? (Select top three choices)

a. Stock market

b. Inflation expectations

c. Cost of capital

d. CEO and Board confidence

e. Overall economic conditions

f. U.S. Presidential election

g. Antitrust

h. Shareholder activism

i. Geopolitical instability

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* 5. What will be the most prominent trend in the 2024 proxy season?

a. Social activism

b. Wolf pack activism

c. Proxy fights that go to a vote

d. Anti-ESG proposals

e. Activists winning a greater percentage of Board seats

f. All of the above

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What other topics would you like to hear from the panel?

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* 7. In your view, what is the best restaurant in New Orleans?

a. August

b. Bacchanal

c. Cochon

d. Commander's Palace

e. Compère Lapin

f. Dooky Chase's

g. Galatoire’s

h. N7

i. Pêche

j. Saba

Other (please specify)