BERLIN, Might 30 (Reuters) – Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Companies (ISS) backs a name by activist investor Elliott for a particular investigation right into a mortgage that German property firm Deutsche Wohnen (DWNG.DE) made to its prime shareholder Vonovia (VNAn.DE), it mentioned on Tuesday.
“Whereas there’s at present no clear and irrefutable proof of wrongdoing by members of the administration and supervisory boards in reference to the mortgage settlement, the conduct of the boards within the context of Vonovia’s takeover raises respectable issues about potential conflicts of curiosity and breach of fiduciary duties,” ISS mentioned in a analysis report.
Due to this fact, a vote for the particular audit was thought-about warranted, the report mentioned.
In 2021, Vonovia accomplished the takeover of rival Deutsche Wohnen to create a property group with greater than 500,000 flats. In January 2022, Deutsche Wohnen disclosed in a public submitting that it could lend as much as 2 billion euros ($2.20 billion) to its new primary shareholder.
An funding car owned by Elliott, desires shareholders to vote to put in an impartial investigator to look at the mortgage on the shareholder assembly slated for June 15 to look at whether or not the mortgage was in the very best curiosity of buyers, the AGM paperwork present.
Deutsche Wohnen’s supervisory board has mentioned that it didn’t see any want for an investigation.
It didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Tuesday.
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Reporting by Kirsti Knolle
Enhancing by Miranda Murray
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