Memotec shareholders voice displeasure
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Minority shareholders in Memotec Communications Inc. of Montreal, Quebec, criticized the company's officials at its annual meeting on June 26, 1998. Memotec, a maker of data communications equipment, has posted losses since 1995, including a 1997 loss of C$12.2 million, and has not released a new product since 1996. Shareholder Marc Chabot asked board chairman Richard Drouin to resign and volunteered to have a seat on the board to represent the interest of minority shareholders. Company president and CEO Henry David Epstein, meanwhile, promised to return the company to profitability in 1998.
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Minority shareholders criticize the company's officials at its annual meeting on 6/26/98
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 1998
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Call-Net moves to appease dissident shareholders
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Call-Net Enterprises Inc, a Toronto, Canada-based provider of local and long-distance telephone service, hired ScotiaMcLeod Inc to look at its strategic options, including a possible sale of the firm, to appease dissident shareholders. A group of shareholders led by New York investment firm Crescendo Partners LP instituted a move to replace the board and seek a buyer for the owner of Sprint Canada Inc.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 1999
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FPI strikes deal with dissident shareholders
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Seafood company FPI Ltd. cancels a board meeting and comes to an agreement with dissident shareholders.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2001
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