easyGroup Holdings Ltd has today written to the directors of easyJet plc calling for a shareholder's meeting to vote on the removal of Rigas Doganis from the board.

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Media Coverage

easyJet's Stelios calls for extraordinary meeting
Source: The Independent (6 September 2011)

Stelios Haji-Ioannou, easyJet's founder, is calling for an extraordinary shareholder meeting to vote on the removal of Rigas Doganis as an independent non-executive director.

In a long-running dispute with the airline, Sir Stelios has criticised Mr Doganis for his part in ordering 35 new aircraft from Airbus – two weeks before easyJet was forced to issue a profits warning that has since knocked about a quarter off its share price.

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easyJet anger as Stelios calls for more boardroom changes
Source: The Guardian (6 September 2011)

Budget airline rejects founder's suggestion that it should remove non-executive director Professor Rigas Doganis from its board.

Relations between easyJet and Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou deteriorated further on Monday after the group's outspoken founder called for yet another boardroom shake-up, provoking an angry response from the airline.

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Stelios demands board changes
Source: The Independent (6 September 2011)

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, easyJet's founder, is demanding a shareholder meeting to vote on the removal of Rigas Doganis from the airline's board. Sir Stelios has criticised Mr Doganis for his part in ordering 35 aircraft two weeks before easyJet issued a profits warning. The board yesterday backed Mr Doganis.

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Stelios takes aim at another easyJet director
Source: Daily Express (6 September 2011)

A row between easyJet and its largest shareholder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou flared up again yesterday after he called for the removal of another director.

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Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou tries to oust easyJet director Professor Rigas Doganis
Source: The Telegraph (6 September 2011)

easyJet's founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has picked a fresh fight with the airline, calling for an extraordinary general meeting to oust a non-executive director.

Sir Stelios decided on Monday that his frustrations over an aircraft order placed with Airbus in January should be taken out on Professor Rigas Doganis, an aviation consultant and former boss of Olympic Airways. He has been on easyJet's board since 2005.

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Stelios hits out over easyJet purchases
Source: Daily Mail (6 September 2011)

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has demanded the scalp of a non-executive director who voted for aircraft orders which the tycoon says cost shareholders £600m.

In the latest round of a sparring match with management, the tycoon – whose family owns 38 per cent of the carrier – called for a shareholder meeting to vote on the removal of Professor Rigas Doganis.

Sir Stelios labelled Doganis and his fellow directors 'salaried employees making mistakes with other people's money with impunity'.

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easyJet under fresh attack from Stelios over director
Source: The Scotsman (6 September 2011)

easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has re-ignited his long-running dispute with the airline's current management by calling for the removal of another director.

The tycoon, who controls around 38 per cent of the low-cost carrier through his easyGroup investment vehicle, yesterday called for a shareholders' meeting to vote on the removal of Rigas Doganis as an independent non-executive director.

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easyJet founder calls for non-exec's removal
Source: Financial Times (6 September 2011)

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of easyJet, on Monday stepped up his protracted... 1.6m) payment to Andy Harrison, easyJet's former chief executive. Sir Stelios... expansion strategy at the company. easyJet's founder has been campaigning for shareholder...

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Sir Stelios calls for yet another board change at easyJet
Source: City AM (6 September 2011)

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou reignited an ongoing row with easyJet yesterday after calling for yet another director to be ousted from the board, sparking an angry response from the airline...

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easyJet bites back after Stelios seeks another scalp
Source: The Times (6 September 2011)

The troubled relationship between easyJet and its founder has intensified after another threat was made to oust one of the airline's non-executive directors.

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who with his family controls about 37 per cent of easyJet's shares, yesterday requested a vote to remove Rigas Doganis from the airline's board of directors. He blames Professor Doganis for allowing easyJet to buy new aircraft at the start of the year, shortly before it announced a steep increase in first-half losses.

Sir Stelios's intervention provoked a rebuke last night from easyJet's board, which dismissed his demand as a distraction that would damage investors' confidence in the company...

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Turbulent times at easyJet
Source: The Guardian (5 September 2011)

If Stelios can't leave his management team to run the airline, he should table a bid to buy the business and run it himself.

Not a fortnight has passed since the board of easyJet thought it might finally have drawn a line under its wranglings with Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, its founder and 38% shareholder.

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Stelios call to oust easyJet director
Source: Evening Standard (5 September 2011)

easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has called for a shareholder vote on the ousting of a board member — his latest broadside in a long-lasting war with the airline. He has attacked independent non-executive director Rigas Doganis, an aviation consultant, for supporting plans to buy 35 planes from Airbus and failing to predict a profit warning two weeks later...

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Stelios calls for removal of easyJet's Doganis
Source: LSE.co.uk (5 September 2011)

easyJet's largest shareholder and founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has called for a shareholders' meeting to vote on the removal of Rigas Doganis as an independent non-executive director, part of a long-running dispute with the company...

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