It was easyJet’s founder, Stelios Haji-Ioannou on Friday is not successful, the board of directors of the airline for the way to vote at a general meeting of shareholders. Haji-Ioannou wanted the board to vote against it, because the board of directors, according to him, a lot of money to spend, and too little efficiency that it provides.
easyJet’s founder, wanted the chairman of the board, the chairman of the supervisory board and of the chief financial officer, would leave and go. He is of the opinion that the board, too many Airbus aircraft have been purchased. The equipment of the French vliegtuigmaker used to take easyJet to 5.6 billion us dollars (5,14 billion us dollars).
the major Shareholders of the airline had prior to the meeting to let them know that the board members would have to support it. Haji-Ioannou, and his family, together own 34 percent of the shares to which it was stated that the founder is not a majority, of the votes that would get.
Haji-Iannou, the budgetmaatschappij in 1995, and moved in 2010 to the board of directors. Since then, he has several times turned upside down position, with the board of directors. The founder was so upset over the purchase of Airbus aircraft, and that he has 5 million pounds (then 5,59 million) was provided for the information of the cancellation of the deal would lead to.