BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor William Ackman on Friday said his Pershing Square (NYSE:SQ) Capital Management hedge fund plans to nominate directors to, but not try to control, the 10-person board at payroll services company Automatic Data Processing Inc (O:ADP).
Ackman said he sees an opportunity to improve operating performance at the company through "transformational" change and cost cutting, and that he is willing to work with existing management or a new chief executive from outside the company to push for those changes.