Lawndale Capital Management is an investment advisor that has managed activist hedge funds focused on small- and micro-cap companies that were opened in February 1993. In many of its investments, the firm plays a constructive relational role by actively working with Boards and management teams to help them achieve their strategic and operating goals. In other investments, Lawndale is a direct value-unlocking catalyst, utilizing a range of tools that include aggressively promoting improvements in a company's governance and operational structures, asserting shareowner’s legal rights and taking active roles in restructuring and buyout proposal negotiations."