Investegate |Acacia Research Corp Announcements | Acacia Research Corp: Acacia Initiates Plan to Improve Arix Governance
Acacia Research Corporation, a 19.05% shareholder in Arix Bioscience plc (LSE: ARIX), sent a letter to the Arix Senior Independent Director on 9 March 2021. Acacia is urging the Arix Board to meet with its largest shareholder ahead of the start date of the recently appointed directors, currently scheduled for April 1, in order to allow for proper discourse on the multitude of shareholder concerns. Arix has a disappointing governance history with 18 different directors in just five years, lacks gender diversity on the Board, and received minimal shareholder approval at AGMs. The disrupti...