Sir Brown turned to the last page of the meeting agenda in his hand.
"The next item on the agenda, proposed by board member Anna Ilina—apologies, it might be more appropriate to say shareholder Anna Ilina now."
The Chairman smiled.
Despite the fact that the voting results were not significantly different from what was expected, today's shareholders' meeting still did not fully meet Sir Brown's expectations.
Under current laws, a director does not need to have committed a wrongdoing; as long as a majority of the shareholders agree, any director on the board can be dismissed.
Jobs was expelled from Apple in the same manner back in the day.
Sir Brown nonetheless composed a meticulous list of what he considered the "errors committed by the young Lady Yelena in the course of her board duties."
This was initially thought to be a great opportunity for a collective attack on Anna.
Picking out someone's fault even with a magnifying glass is hardly a difficulty.
