EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
Angry minority shareholders push for shake-up at Cognition
This is the second time that shareholders have revolted against the technology group's board
Disgruntled minority shareholders of technology group Cognition have called an extraordinary general meeting to appoint three additional directors who they believe will turn the business around. This is the second time that shareholders have revolted against the board. According to the shareholders, efforts to engage with the board failed and the company relented to call the meeting only when threatened with court action. The meeting will be held on May 18. The shareholders, who include Primedia founders the Kirsh family, are unhappy about the performance of the company despite having bought a number of companies in recent years to reposition its business to provide more technology services. Minority shareholders said there had been a destruction of value at the company, with the share price plunging over the past five years. Trevor Ahier, spokesman for the disgruntled shareholders, said he sold equity in his business BMI Research to Cognition in 2014, settled in part with Cognition...
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