Last month Unilever chief exec Hein Schumacher (pictured) told investors the company would be dialling down its woke agenda to focus on the bottom line.
Managers of major Manchester United Plc (NYSE:MANU) shareholder Lindsell Train say they are unsure if the purported takeover from billionaire Jim Ratcliffe.
Nick Train - whose Lindsell Train investment fund owns a 20% shareholding - said talks over the deal have been extraordinarily convoluted and lengthy .
Nick Train - whose Lindsell Train investment fund owns a 20% shareholding - said talks over the deal have been extraordinarily convoluted and lengthy .
Unilever top-10 investor Lindsell Train welcomed its recent management changes and said it had already discussed the consumer goods company's next steps with the incoming chairman. These moves demonstrated that Unilever thinks that a "fresh perspective on all aspects of the business is necessary", Nick Train, manager of the Finsbury Growth & Income Trust and co-founder of Lindsell Train, told Reuters. Lindsell Train, which LSEG data shows as Unilever's ninth biggest shareholder, is recognised in the investment community as an influential investor but rarely speaks publicly about the individual companies it has stakes in.