Activist investor Elliott Investment Management has built a $5B-plus position in Honeywell (HON) and is pushing the company to consider breaking up, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg’s Crystal Tse, Liana Baker, and Brooke Sutherland. The activist is now among the top five shareholders in Honeywell and the investment is the largest ever in a single stock by Elliott, the sources said.
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