{"id":414438,"date":"2021-01-13T16:15:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T21:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=414438"},"modified":"2021-01-13T16:15:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T21:15:39","slug":"lionbridge-and-robotti-nominate-slate-of-highly-qualified-candidates-for-election-to-cmcts-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/lionbridge-and-robotti-nominate-slate-of-highly-qualified-candidates-for-election-to-cmcts-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionbridge and Robotti Nominate Slate of Highly Qualified Candidates for Election to CMCT&#8217;s Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<h2 class=\"xn-hedline\">Deliver Open Letter to CMCT Board Outlining Grievances<\/h2>\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Jan. 13, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Lionbridge Capital, LP, and Robotti &amp; Company Advisors LLC (together with its affiliates, the &#8220;Nominating Stockholders&#8221; or &#8220;they&#8221;) with an ownership interest of approximately 5.0% of CIM Commercial Trust Corporation (&#8220;CMCT&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) (NASDAQ: CMCT) today announced that they have nominated a slate of six highly qualified candidates for election to the CMCT Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) at the Company&#8217;s 2021 Annual Meeting: <span class=\"xn-person\">Thomas D. Ferguson<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Mark C. Gelnaw<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Raymond V. Marino II<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">John S. Moran<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Gregory M. Morillo<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-person\">James O&#8217;Leary<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The Nominating Stockholders also announced today that they have delivered a letter to the Board which includes detailed biographies of each nominee and which expressly outlines that:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>CMCT has persistently traded at a discount to its underlying value throughout its history as a public company due to its lack of scale, excessive cost structure, and unjustified reliance on its external advisor, CIM Group; <\/li>\n<li>CMCT&#8217;s structural flaws are compounded by longstanding conflicts of interest between CIM Group and the 79% majority independent shareholders of CMCT; <\/li>\n<li>The Board&#8217;s clear lack of independence and poor corporate governance practices have insulated CIM management from accountability and have destroyed shareholder value; <\/li>\n<li>Board change is necessary to protect the interests of outside shareholders and realize the intrinsic value of CMCT&#8217;s high-quality assets; and <\/li>\n<li>It is anticipated that a newly constituted Board will engage in an open and transparent strategic review exploring all options, including but not limited to one or more potential transactions that reflect CMCT&#8217;s underlying value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full text of the letter to the Board can be viewed in its entirety here: <u><u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3036293-1&amp;h=3252157048&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Flionbridgecapitallp.box.com%2Fs%2Fy0lovgf1pz96u85o7vdf8eus2db0tpcr&amp;a=Letter+to+CMCT+Board\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Letter to CMCT Board<\/a><\/u><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Lionbridge Capital, LP<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>Lionbridge Capital, LP is a value-oriented investment manager based in <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span>, with a fundamental approach to investing in publicly traded real estate and real estate-related companies. <\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3036293-1&amp;h=3044655406&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lionbridgecap.com%2F&amp;a=www.lionbridgecap.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.lionbridgecap.com<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About Robotti &amp; Company Advisors LLC<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>Robotti &amp; Company Advisors LLC is a value-focused, SEC-registered investment adviser with more than three decades of experience. As investors, Robotti &amp; Company Advisors LLC frequently is a constructive and actively-engaged owner with many of its portfolio companies.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3036293-1&amp;h=2688440524&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robotti.com%2F&amp;a=www.robotti.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.robotti.com<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Investor Contacts <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>Lionbridge Capital, LP<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Greg Morillo<\/span><br \/>(212) 300-8003 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:greg@lionbridgecap.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">greg@lionbridgecap.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robotti &amp; Company Advisors LLC<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">John Moran<\/span><br \/>(646) 442-6702 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:moran@robotti.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">moran@robotti.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\">\n        <b>CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>Lionbridge Capital, LP and Robotti &amp; Company Advisors, LLC, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, &#8220;Participants&#8221;), intend to file a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying GOLD proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of highly-qualified director nominees at the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders of CIM Commercial Trust Corporation, a <span class=\"xn-location\">Maryland<\/span> corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>PARTICIPANTS STRONGLY ADVISE ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC&#8217;S WEB SITE AT <a href=\"http:\/\/WWW.SEC.GOV\" rel=\"nofollow\">HTTP:\/\/WWW.SEC.GOV<\/a>. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE, WHEN AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS&#8217; PROXY SOLICITOR.<\/p>\n<p>The participants in the proxy solicitation are anticipated to be Lionbridge Capital, LP (&#8220;Lionbridge&#8221;), Lionbridge Capital I, LP (&#8220;Lionbridge I&#8221;), Lionbridge GP, LLC (&#8220;Lionbridge GP&#8221;) Lionbridge Capital GP, LLC (&#8220;Lionbridge I GP&#8221;), Lionbridge Asset Management, LLC (&#8220;Lionbridge AM&#8221;), The Ravenswood Investment Company, L.P. (&#8220;Ravenswood I&#8221;), Ravenswood Investments III, L.P. (&#8220;Ravenswood III&#8221;), Ravenswood Management Company, L.L.C. (&#8220;RMC&#8221;), Robotti &amp; Company, Incorporated (&#8220;RCI&#8221;), Robotti &amp; Company Advisors, LLC (&#8220;RCA&#8221;), Robotti Securities, LLC (&#8220;RS&#8221;), <span class=\"xn-person\">Robert E. Robotti<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Gregory Morillo<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Kenneth R. Wasiak Sr.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Thomas Ferguson<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Mark C. Gelnaw<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Raymond V. Marino II<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">John S. Moran<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">James O&#8217;Leary<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>As of the date hereof, (i) Lionbridge directly owned 60,761 shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock, <span class=\"xn-money\">$0.001<\/span> par value per share \u00a0(the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), (ii)\u00a0 Lionbridge I directly owned 183,339 shares of Common Stock; (iii) Ravenswood I directly owned 293,415 shares of Common Stock; (iv) Ravenswood Investments III directly owned 174,135 shares of Common Stock; (v)\u00a0 Lionbridge GP, as the general partner of Lionbridge, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 60,761 shares of Common Stock owned directly by Lionbridge; (vi) Lionbridge I GP as the general partner of Lionbridge I, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 183,339 shares of Common Stock owned directly by Lionbridge I; (vii)\u00a0 Lionbridge AM, as the asset manager of each of Lionbridge and Lionbridge I, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 244,100 shares owned directly by Lionbridge and Lionbridge I; (viii) <span class=\"xn-person\">Gregory Morillo<\/span>, as the managing member of each of Lionbridge GP, Lionbridge I GP, LLC and Lionbridge AM, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 244,100\u00a0 shares owned directly by Lionbridge and Lionbridge I; (ix)\u00a0 RMC, as the general partner of each of Ravenswood I and Ravenswood III,\u00a0 may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 467,550 shares of Common Stock owned directly by Ravenswood I and Ravenswood III; (x) RCA, as the investment advisor of each of Ravenswood I and Ravenswood III\u00a0 may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 467,550 shares of Common Stock owned directly by Ravenswood I and Ravenswood III; (xi) RS may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 500 shares of Common Stock owned in a discretionary account managed for a customer by RS; (xii) RCI, (x) as the wholly-owned parent of RCA, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the 467,550 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by RCA, and (y) as the parent of RS, may be deemed the beneficial owner of 500 shares of Common Stock owned in a discretionary accounts managed by RS for a customer; (xiii) Mr. Robotti and Mr. Wasiak Sr., as the managing members of RMC, may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of the 467,550 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by RMC; (xiv) Mr. Robotti, as the President of RCI and controlling shareholder, may also be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the 500 shares of Common Stock owned in a discretionary account managed by RS for a customer.\u00a0 As of the date of hereof, Mr. <span class=\"xn-person\">John Moran<\/span> was the direct beneficial owner of 30,909 shares of Common Stock and none of Messrs. Ferguson, Gelnaw, Marino II or O&#8217;Leary beneficially owned any shares of Common Stock.<\/p>\n<p id=\"PURL\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=NY47679&amp;sd=2021-01-13\" \/> View original content:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/lionbridge-and-robotti-nominate-slate-of-highly-qualified-candidates-for-election-to-cmcts-board-301207933.html\">http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/lionbridge-and-robotti-nominate-slate-of-highly-qualified-candidates-for-election-to-cmcts-board-301207933.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Lionbridge Capital LP<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=NY47679&amp;Transmission_Id=202101131612PR_NEWS_USPR_____NY47679&amp;DateId=20210113\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deliver Open Letter to CMCT Board Outlining Grievances PR Newswire NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Lionbridge Capital, LP, and Robotti &amp; Company Advisors LLC (together with its affiliates, the &#8220;Nominating Stockholders&#8221; or &#8220;they&#8221;) with an ownership interest of approximately 5.0% of CIM Commercial Trust Corporation (&#8220;CMCT&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) (NASDAQ: CMCT) today announced that they have nominated a slate of six highly qualified candidates for election to the CMCT Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) at the Company&#8217;s 2021 Annual Meeting: Thomas D. 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