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After Disney declared victory in its proxy battle with activist investor Nelson Peltz, CEO Bob Iger went on a theme-park offensive during the company’s annual shareholder meeting.
Delivering scripted video remarks from a perch overlooking Disneyland, Iger extolled the parks as a key strategic area of focus and offered a brief first look at images of the “possible” new Avatar-themed area at the Anaheim park. Pandora – The World of Avatar, has been up and running at Disney World in Florida for years and Iger said it is the company’s “intention” to make it a new feature of Disneyland. “We’re thrilled about many potential new stories that our guests could experience in Walt’s original theme park, including the opportunity to embark on all-new Avatar adventures with a visit to the world of Pandora,” he said.
Artist’s rendering of Pandora – The World of Avatar coming to Disneyland. (20th Century Studios and Disney)
While the artist’s rendering is new, the announcement was not. Iger first trumpted what he then called the “Avatar Experience” more than a year ago on the company’s Q1 2023 earnings call. There have been scant new details since, with the imagery released today the only substantial updates in the intervening year-plus.
The exec also touted a number of theme park initiatives in Florida. The recent settlement of litigation with the special district board selected by Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee the company’s Florida theme park properties will provide a boost, he noted. Disney last fall laid out plans for $60 billion in parks and experiences investments over the next 10 years.
Conducted virtually, the meeting started with business items including elections of members of the board of directors. The Q&A portion of the
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Disney investors backed Iger and other company directors, defeating a campaign by activist investors including Nelson Peltz who argued that Disney had underperformed in the streaming-television era.“The proxy vote was a decisive, true endorsement of the board,” he said, playing down criticisms of the activist investors and saying that the company was focused on succession – one of the major tasks facing the board of Disney.Asked about criticism from billionaire Elon Musk, who had backed Peltz in the proxy battle, Iger said: “I ignore it.”
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