BOARD DISAGREEMENT
Keneilwe Moloko to step down as Group Five director
Share price dipped sharply at the end of April ahead of disclosures about changes at executive and board level
Construction company Group Five’s share price bounced up 2.65% to R19 on Wednesday afternoon shortly before it told shareholders that Keneilwe Moloko would no longer be available for election as a non-executive director. The share price, which has been on a long-term downward trajectory in line with weakness in the industry, dipped sharply at the end of April ahead of disclosures about changes at executive and board level. In late June, Group Five informed shareholders that it would be holding an extraordinary general meeting on July 24 to vote on the election of five directors from a list of nine candidates. The announcement followed hostilities between the Group Five board and the company’s largest shareholder, Allan Gray. In mid-May, Allan Gray, which holds 25%, demanded a special meeting of shareholders aimed at reconstituting the board. At that stage, the board did not say who the shareholder was, but that the demand followed a disagreement about the direction of the company. G...
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