By Iain Gilbert
Date: Tuesday 20 Dec 2022
LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Asset manager Legal & General has called for Capricorn Energy's board to be given the boot, joining a growing revolt among key shareholders in the exploration and production firm.
Legal & General, which holds an almost 4% stake in the FTSE 250-listed company, said it believes that "a change of directors" at Capricorn was now "warranted", according to the Times.
The news comes just 24 hours after Palliser Capital, Capricorn's third-biggest shareholder, called for an extraordinary general meeting in order to lobby for the ousting of seven of the company's nine directors, including long-standing chief executive Simon Thomson.
Shareholders recently turned on Capricorn after it sought out a highly unpopular merger with Tullow Oil, which it later abandoned in September in favour of a merger with Israeli natural gas group NewMed Energy.
As of 1310 GMT, Capricorn Energy shares were down 0.64% at 247.20p.
Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com
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Share Price | 181.40p |
Change Today | 1.40p |
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52 Week High | 325.82 |
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