Hints and tips:
...He told the Financial Times that he was introduced to Mr McGuire “by a mutual acquaintance” in early 2009, and had a meeting with Mr Lewis and Mr McGuire in France that summer....
...Mitchells & Butlers, one of the UK’s biggest pub operators, was dealt another setback on Friday following the abrupt resignation of Jeremy Townsend, the group’s finance director....
...Joe Lewis signalled a major shake-up at Mitchells & Butlers, the pub group in which he is the leading shareholder, after saying he was seeking a review of the company and a plan of action by the beginning...
...The statement comes a day after M&B decided to oust Piedmont’s two board representatives – Richard McGuire and Douglas McMahon – along with two other non-executive directors....
...Joe Lewis, the Bahamas-based currency trader engaged in a boardroom battle with pub group Mitchells & Butlers, intends to build stakes in a number of companies across Europe, his UK-based adviser said....
...The boardroom row at Mitchells & Butlers escalated on Tuesday when the pub operator appointed a chairman over opposition from Joe Lewis, its biggest shareholder, and called on both his board representatives...
...Public accounts (Margaret Hodge): Eric Joyce, Austin Mitchell, Anne McGuire, Nick Smith. Richard Bacon, Steve Barclay, Matt Hancock, Jo Johnson, Chris Heaton-Harris. Ian Swales....
...Its board representatives were Mr McGuire and Mr McMahon....
...However, the industry believes that by this time next week, Mitchells & Butler – all of its 1,970 pubs, its Harvester, All Bar One, Premium Country Dining and other brands, plus 40,000 staff – will be under...
...Mitchells & Butlers has pleaded with shareholders to back the board against rebel investor Joe Lewis at next month’s crucial annual meeting, saying that “every single vote counts”....
...John Lovering promised to “put recent history behind us” as he took over the chairmanship of Mitchells & Butlers, following a sweeping boardroom victory for Bahamas-based currency trader Joe Lewis in his...
...M&B had to resolve the “boardroom impasse”, Mr McGuire said. “To this end, we propose these four independent directors.”...
...A boardroom coup and the spectre of a shareholder revolt at an imminent annual meeting is not the start Adam Fowle had in mind when he took over as Mitchells & Butlers’ new chief executive in August....
...The boardroom war at Mitchells & Butlers intensified after Joe Lewis, the pub group’s biggest shareholder, accused the board of presiding over “a culture of obfuscation and excess”....
...A large shareholder at odds with the board, his representatives vetoing board proposals – it seems like déjà vu at Mitchells & Butlers....
...M&B said it had appointed Richard McGuire, president of Mr Lewis’s Tavistock Europe vehicle, as a non-executive director....
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