DFAN14A 1 p24-1109dfan14a.htm WALT DISNEY COMPANY

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Filed by the Registrant ¨

Filed by a Party other than the Registrant þ

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The Walt Disney Company

(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Trian Fund Management, L.P.

Trian Fund Management GP, LLC

Nelson Peltz

Peter W. May

Matthew Peltz

Josh Frank

James A. Rasulo

Trian Partners, L.P.

Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P.

Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P.

Trian Partners Co-Investment Opportunities Fund, Ltd.

Trian Partners Fund (Sub)-G, L.P.

Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-N, L.P.

Trian Partners Strategic Fund-G II, L.P.

Trian Partners Strategic Fund-K, L.P.

Isaac Perlmutter

The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation Inc.

Object Trading Corp.

Isaac Perlmutter T.A.

Zib Inc.

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
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From time to time, Trian Fund Management, L.P. (“Trian”), in connection with its solicitation of proxies for the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders of The Walt Disney Company (the “Company”), may:

| · | publish the press release related to the Company and filed herewith as Exhibit 1 (the “Press Release”) to its website, www.RestoretheMagic.com (the “Website”) and, from time to time, may publish to its X (formerly known as Twitter), LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and YouTube pages (the “Social Media Pages”) or various other social media channels, or otherwise disseminate to shareholders of the Company, the Press Release or portions thereof;

| · | disseminate to the Company’s shareholders the letter filed herewith as Exhibit 2 (the “Shareholder Letter”) and, from time to time, Trian may publish the Shareholder Letter, or portions thereof, to the Website or to the Social Media Pages or various other social media channels, or may otherwise disseminate the Shareholder Letter to the Company’s shareholders;

| · | disseminate to the Company’s shareholders the communication filed herewith as Exhibit 3 (the “Communication”) and, from time to time, Trian may publish the Communication, or portions thereof, to the Website or to the Social Media Pages or various other social media channels, or may otherwise disseminate the Communication to the Company’s shareholders;

| · | publish the material filed herewith as Exhibit 4 (the “Website Material”), or portions thereof, to the Website or to the Social Media Pages or various other social media channels, or may otherwise disseminate the Website Material to the Company’s shareholders; and

| · | publish the posts filed herewith as Exhibit 5 (the “Social Media Posts”) to the Social Media Pages or various other social media channels or to the Website, or may otherwise disseminate the Social Media Posts to the Company’s shareholders.