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05/09/2001
Marconi shareholders furious at pay-off for departing CEO
Shareholders at Marconi have expressed fury at a possible £1 million pay-off to the departing chief executive of the troubled UK telecoms equipment manufacturer.
Marconi shocked the markets on Tuesday by announcing a further 2,000 job cuts on top of the 8,000 already announced earlier this year.
In a statement revealing a shake-up aimed at restoring profitability, the company revealed that chairman Sir Roger Hurn and chief executive Lord Simpson had resigned with immediate effect.
However, it later emerged that Lord Simpson could receive a pay-off of up to £1 million, despite the recent poor performance by the company.
Reflecting a number of shareholders feelings on the matter, an editorial in The Daily Telegraph newspaper said that the company should pay Lord Simpson until the end of the month and then let him sue the company if he wanted any more money.
However, city workers were more sympathetic, saying that Lord Simpson's salary would have already been heavily depleted by the fall in the Marconi share price. (MB)
Marconi shocked the markets on Tuesday by announcing a further 2,000 job cuts on top of the 8,000 already announced earlier this year.
In a statement revealing a shake-up aimed at restoring profitability, the company revealed that chairman Sir Roger Hurn and chief executive Lord Simpson had resigned with immediate effect.
However, it later emerged that Lord Simpson could receive a pay-off of up to £1 million, despite the recent poor performance by the company.
Reflecting a number of shareholders feelings on the matter, an editorial in The Daily Telegraph newspaper said that the company should pay Lord Simpson until the end of the month and then let him sue the company if he wanted any more money.
However, city workers were more sympathetic, saying that Lord Simpson's salary would have already been heavily depleted by the fall in the Marconi share price. (MB)
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