Shareholder body advises against reappointment of Coca-Cola HBC chair
Shareholder advisory group PIRC says the drinks company’s current chairman can not be considered independent.
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Shareholders have been advised to vote against the reappointment of Coca-Cola HBC chairman Anastassis G. David ahead of the company's AGM.
PIRC, the shareholder advisory group, said that David was representative of Kar-Tess Holding SA, a major shareholder in Coca-Cola, with 23% of the company's stock, which rules him out of being chairman.
"This raises important governance concerns as it is considered that the chairman should not be connected to a significant shareholder in order to protect the rights of the minority shareholders," PIRC said in an advisory note ahead of the meeting, to take place on Monday 11 June.
David has been cha
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