Sirius Minerals faces legal bid from shareholder group after rescue

Sirius Minerals faces legal bid from shareholder group after Anglo’s ‘daylight robbery’ rescue deal By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 7 December 2020 An influential shareholder organisation is assembling a legal case against Sirius Minerals after thousands of ordinary investors saw their savings and … Read more

AA’s biggest shareholder slams brakes on takeover

AA’s biggest shareholder slams brakes on takeover of breakdown company after calling £219m price tag ‘derisory’ By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 29 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 29 November 2020 The AA’s biggest shareholder has slammed the brakes on a takeover of the breakdown company after calling the £219m … Read more

Top shareholder backs Boohoo chiefs amid call for founder to quit

Top shareholder backs Boohoo chiefs amid calls for founder to step down following sweatshop scandal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 23 October 2020 | Updated: 22:34 BST, 23 October 2020 Boohoo’s billionaire founder has been backed by his largest independent investor. MPs called for Mahmud Kamani to step down as … Read more

The ‘Czech Sphinx’ becomes Sainsbury’s fourth largest shareholder 

Czech Sphinx fills basket with Sainsburys: Billionaire investor Daniel Kretinsky becomes fourth largest shareholder By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 17 September 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 17 September 2020 A billionaire investor known as the ‘Czech Sphinx’ has become the fourth-largest shareholder in Sainsbury’s. Daniel Kretinsky, who is already the … Read more

TikTok to have US HQ and Oracle as minority shareholder to avoid ban

TikTok will be restructured as part of a new company headquartered in the United States while Oracle, which will own a minority stake, will manage Americans’ user data in hopes of winning the approval of President Trump, it has been reported. The changes are part of an agreement between Oracle and TikTok’s Chinese-based parent company, … Read more

Czech billionaire becomes largest Royal Mail shareholder

Billionaire known as the Czech Sphinx quietly becomes largest shareholder in Royal Mail By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 22 August 2020 The billionaire known as the Czech Sphinx has quietly become the largest shareholder in Royal Mail, heaping more pressure on the troubled … Read more

Estate agent Foxtons braced for shareholder rebellion

Foxtons braced for shareholder rebellion over way it raised £22m from investors last month By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 BST, 10 May 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 10 May 2020 Foxtons is braced for a shareholder rebellion over the way it raised £22m from investors last month.  The London-focused estate agency … Read more

Ocado faces shareholder revolt over fat cat pay

Ocado faces shareholder revolt over fat cat pay with chairman questioned over his independence By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:54 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 23:40 BST, 5 May 2020 Ocado is facing a shareholder revolt today over ‘excessive’ pay as its chairman is questioned over his independence. The online grocer … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Two more FTSE 100-listed dividend payers wield axe on shareholder payouts

MARKET REPORT: Retail investors dealt another blow as two more FTSE 100-listed dividend payers wield axe on shareholder payouts By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:06 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 15 April 2020 Retail investors were dealt another blow as two more FTSE 100-listed dividend payers wielded the axe … Read more

FirstGroup looks into selling US assets following shareholder pressure

Under-fire FirstGroup looks into selling off US assets following pressure from shareholders By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 16 December 2019 | Updated: 22:54 GMT, 16 December 2019 US operations: First Group already has plans in place to offload the Greyhound coach business (pictured)  First Group has announced the appointment of … Read more