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Asked whether the announcements would be enough to satisfy Mr Peltz, who wants a seat on Disney’s board, Mr Iger told CNBC: “The last thing that we need right now is to be distracted in terms of our time, our energy, by an activist or activists that, frankly, have a completely different agenda, and don’t understand our company, its assets, even the essence of the Disney brand.”