Ordeal: Week and Agm

ordeal: He isn't going to show up, according to The Guardian. It's rather unusual for a company to hold an AGM without the presence of its chief executive, not to mention its largest shareholder. Happily, he will face no such ordeal at next week's Sports Direct annual meeting, thanks to a stroke of genius on his part. But then Ashley, who, a court heard, once vomited into a fireplace during a drinking session with business associates, is no ordinary chief executive. The list of shareholder gripes is extensive. In the retail billionaire's absence, investors are expected to air grievances about the company's rather idiosyncratic governance style. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.