Smiths City directors survive Brierley putsch, dangle bigger Christmas dividend

Smiths City directors survive Brierley putsch, dangle bigger Christmas dividend
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Sept. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Smiths City Group chairman Craig Boyce and fellow directors Gary Rohloff and Tony Allison have survived an attempt by Ron Brierley's Mercantile Investments to oust them from the board.  Polling on the resolutions was forced by Mercantile director and Sandon Capital principal Gabriel Radzyminski who opposed the re-election of Boyce and Rohloff and the election of Allison at today's annual meeting in Christchurch. More than a third of votes cast opposed the three candidates.  Mercantile and Sandon...