KUALA LUMPUR (March 5): Former Axiata Group Bhd president and group chief executive officer (CEO) Tan Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim and former Indonesian trade minister Gita Irawan Wirjawan have been appointed to the Axiata Advisory Panel.
In a statement today, Axiata said the board has recently approved the establishment of the panel, given the global extent of the group s expanding operations set against the increasingly complex business and geopolitical environment.
The panel, in complementing the value, skill sets and experience of the board, serves to assist its directors in assessing and understanding evolving key and complex issues relating to Axiata s operations across its geographical footprint, according to Axiata.
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Ancora Nominates Four Highly-Qualified Candidates for Election to the Board of Blucora, Inc.
February 25, 2021 GMT
CLEVELAND (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 25, 2021
Ancora Holdings, Inc. (together with its affiliates, “Ancora”), which owns in the aggregate approximately 3.4% of the outstanding shares of Blucora, Inc. (“Blucora” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BCOR), today issued an open letter to stockholders and announced that it has nominated four highly-qualified candidates for election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at Blucora’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”): Frederick D. DiSanto, Cindy Schulze Flynn, Robert D. MacKinlay and Kimberly Smith Spacek.
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Ancora Comments on Forward Air’s Disappointing Earnings Report and Sets Record Straight on Certain Misleading Company Disclosures
February 16, 2021 GMT
CLEVELAND (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 16, 2021
Ancora Holdings, Inc. (together with its affiliates, “Ancora” or “we”), a significant shareholder of Forward Air Corporation (“Forward Air” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:FWRD), which together with the other participants in its solicitation beneficially owns approximately 6.3% of the Company’s outstanding shares, today issued an open letter to shareholders commenting on the Company’s disappointing fourth quarter 2020 earnings report and addressing certain misleading statements made by the Company in its February 10, 2021 press release.
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Forward Air Confirms Receipt of Director Nominations from Ancora Advisors
February 10, 2021 GMT
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 10, 2021
Forward Air Corporation (NASDAQ:FWRD) (the “Company” or “Forward”) today confirmed that Ancora Advisors (“Ancora”) has submitted a nomination notice for four candidates to stand for election to the Forward Air Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Shareholders are not required to take any action at this time.
The Company issued the following statement:
Forward benefits from a strong and experienced Board that provides close oversight and guidance on the execution of the Company’s strategy. The Board – composed of 10 highly qualified directors, nine of whom are independent – brings significant experience across the logistics industry, financial operations, governance, and