At a crunch shareholder meeting two hours before Interserve went under, most seats were empty

By Will Ing2019-03-18T06:00:00

Only three people asked questions and two of them were the same

A mere hour or two before Interserve shares permanently lost all of their value, those who owned some had an opportunity to do two things.

They could vote for a deal which wouldn’t wipe them out, and they could ask the chairman whatever question they wanted at an extraordinary general meeting held at 11am on Friday.

Surprisingly few plumped to do the former and almost nobody did the latter.

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