Activist Investor Ancora Wins Two Board Seats at Elanco

Elanco Animal Health global headquarters in Greenfield, Indiana.Photographer: Cheney Orr/Bloomberg
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Elanco Animal Health Inc. has reached a settlement with Ancora Holdings Group LLC, allowing it to avoid a proxy fight with the activist investor.

Greenfield, Indiana-based Elanco has appointed Ancora nominees Craig Wallace and Kathy Turner as independent directors on its board, it said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Monday that confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report. Wallace and Turner will also join the Elanco board’s finance, strategy and oversight committee.