The shareholders of Unifiedpost, a Belgian company specialized in electronic invoicing processes, have not responded to major shareholder Marc Coucke’s request to dismiss the chairman and appoint four new directors. The company reported this on Tuesday evening.
At the end of April it became known that Marc Coucke, who controls approximately 15 percent of UnifiedPost through his holding company Alychlo, according to the company’s website, demanded change. According to the businessman, UnifiedPost has underperformed in recent years, which was reflected in a sharp decline in the stock price. Coucke proposed the appointment of four new directors and asked that the chairman resign.
The board of directors of Unifiedpost reacted negatively to Coucke’s proposals. And shareholders followed that position during Tuesday’s shareholder meeting, the company said in a press release. “The candidate directors proposed by Alychlo did not reach the required majority at the shareholders’ meeting to be elected as directors, and the majority of shareholders voted against Alychlo’s proposal” to dismiss two directors, including the chairman, it said. It.