FOCUS-No extra nut rage: activist fund takes on family-controlled Korean Air

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FOCUS-No extra nut rage: activist fund takes on family-controlled Korean Air

By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin


By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin

SEOUL, March 13 (Reuters)Days after pictures of damaged home windows and smashed china hit the newsstands revealing a Christmas Day household squabble within the house of Korean Air’s late patriarch, an activist fund obtained an unsolicited supply to assist unseat the present chairman.

Heather Cho, eldest daughter of the founding household’s late patriarch, made the proposal to Korea Company Governance Enchancment (KCGI), the most important shareholder of Korean Air’s 003490.KS dad or mum Hanjin Kal 180640.KS to oust her youthful brother, Walter.

“I did not meet her initially as a result of I did not take it significantly when she mentioned she was prepared to surrender the whole lot,” Kang Sung-boo, who runs the $380 million fund that’s pushing for board and administration overhaul on the airline, instructed Reuters.

“I did not belief her till she agreed to take her fingers off administration.”

Heather Cho’s authorized counsel didn’t touch upon Kang’s recount of their…



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