Tag: shareholder
Insolvency administrator demands dividends back from major shareholders
Payment service provider Wirecard Berlin, Düsseldorf The insolvency administrator of the former Dax group Wirecard is demanding dividends back from major shareholders. Corresponding letters of repayment were recently sent to…
Former Haniel chief controller Doreen Nowotne joins Kühne Holding
Doreen Nowotne The manager is moving to Kühne Holding in Switzerland as managing director. (Photo: Haniel) Zurich The former head of the supervisory board of Haniel and Brenntag, Doreen Nowotne,…
Deutsche Bank wants to buy back shares worth 450 million euros
Deutsche Bank The money house wants to distribute a total of eight billion euros to shareholders by 2025. (Photo: Thomas Berger) Frankfurt Starting in August, Deutsche Bank plans to buy…
Investor lawyers want to sue for compensation for Credit Suisse shareholders
Axel Lehmann and Colm Kelleher at the historic press conference on March 19th Credit Suisse shareholders do not want to accept the low purchase price that UBS had to pay.…
Foreign investors rake in record-high dividends
Brenntag, Vonovia, Mercedes-Benz, Deutsche Boerse The proportion of foreign investors in the Dax companies is currently more than 50 percent. (Photo: Brenntag, dpa, Mercedes Benz AG, Getty Images) Dusseldorf With…
Foreign investors rake in record-high dividends
Brenntag, Vonovia, Mercedes-Benz, Deutsche Boerse The proportion of foreign investors in the Dax companies is currently more than 50 percent. (Photo: Brenntag, dpa, Mercedes Benz AG, Getty Images) Dusseldorf With…
BASF and Telekom make the most detailed forecasts
Clean room laboratory from BASF Despite the difficult business situation, the chemical giant offers its shareholders a lot of orientation in the annual report. (Photo: BASF) Dusseldorf Whether it’s the…
Ad revenue on Twitter plummeted by 50 percent
Business at the short message service Twitter is worse than expected. Company owner Elon Musk wrote on Twitter on Saturday that cash flow remained negative due to a nearly 50…
Capital increase is on the brink
Dusseldorf, Berlin Social Chain AG waited until just before midnight on Wednesday before publishing the second bad news of the day. The planned capital increase through the issue of 4.5…
VW diesel scandal: taking of evidence begins in September
Volkswagen The taking of evidence in the investor trial on the VW diesel scandal is scheduled to begin in September. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Cologne In the multi-billion dollar VW investor…
Brenntag takes step towards possible split after hedge fund attack
Brenntag headquarters in Essen The chemical dealer is being harassed by activist investors. (Photo: IMAGO/Rupert Oberhäuser) Dusseldorf A few weeks after the sharp confrontation with activist investors, the chemicals dealer…
A bankrupt company’s stock soars by more than 500 percent
Branch of Bed Bath & Beyond Theories about a possible rescue of the furniture store are circulating in online forums. That moves the stock. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf As of May…
Nucera shares will probably be issued at 20 euros
ThyssenKrupp Nucera The hydrogen subsidiary of the industrial group, which is about to go public, sees great growth potential for itself as a manufacturer of large electrolysers worldwide. (Photo: dpa)…
Eleven hour general meeting – Elliott annoys Deutsche Wohnen
General Meeting of Deutsche Wohnen Supervisory Board chairwoman Helene von Roeder (from left to right), co-bosses Lars Urbansky and Konstantina Kanellopoulos as well as CFO Olaf Weber answered questions from…
DWS board experiences defeat at the annual general meeting
DWS Annual General Meeting One board was punished and only received a comparatively small proportion of votes in the discharge. (Photo: imago images/Hannelore Förster) Frankfurt Greenwashing allegations and the topic…
Activist investor fails at Brenntag: Now there is a risk of litigation
Dusseldorf The activist investor Primestone has failed in the election of the new supervisory board members of the chemicals dealer Brenntag. On Thursday, the majority of shareholders elected the two…
German funds oppose activist investors
Dusseldorf Shortly before the hard-fought supervisory board election at the Dax group Brenntag, German funds are behind the company. The investment companies Union, Deka and DWS each told the Handelsblatt…
Big investors want to vote against compensation report
DWS building in Frankfurt The fund subsidiary of Deutsche Bank is facing a restless general meeting. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The fund company DWS is facing a restless general meeting. According…
How activist investors want to hijack Brenntag
Brenntag headquarters in Essen The Dax group is threatened with a leadership crisis. (Photo: IMAGO/imagebroker) Dusseldorf At the general meeting of the Dax group Brenntag next Thursday, there will be…
Gamestop fires CEO Matt Furlong
Gamestop branch in New York The video game retailer has fired its previous CEO. (Photo: Reuters) new York US video games retailer Gamestop posted its fourth straight quarterly loss and…