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Investment trust battles Fuji Media Holdings over sex assault scandal
A London-listed investment trust that branded a Japanese TV group embroiled in a sex assault scandal 'a total disgrace' has stepped up its campaign for the entire board to be replaced.
Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF), with its ally Los Angeles-based Dalton Investments, upped their stake in Fuji Media Holdings from 7.19 per cent to 7.51 per cent last week before the proxy fight on Wednesday.
The shareholder revolt follows a scandal at the broadcaster that triggered public outrage and the departure of Masahiro Nakai, its star presenter, and is seen as a key test for the push to more accountable and shareholder-friendly governance standards in Tokyo-listed companies.
Paul ffolkes Davis, chairman of Rising Sun Management, which manages NAVF, urged other shareholders in Fuji to vote against the company's 11 proposed board candidates and back instead its own slate of 12 nominees.
