VIEX Capital Advisors Reaches Agreement with Bazaarvoice for Board Representation and Declassification

Olshan client VIEX Capital Advisors has reached an agreement with Bazaarvoice, Inc., pursuant to which a new independent director recommended by VIEX was appointed to the Board.  In addition to the board appointment, Bazaarvoice has agreed to submit a board declassification proposal at the 2017 Annual Meeting and, if approved, all directors have agreed to stand for election at the 2018 Annual Meeting.  Steve Wolosky, Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman, Ron Berenblat and Ryan Nebel represented VIEX with respect to its investment in Bazaarvoice.