Weekly Recap: Corvex board push at Whitbread PLC and Strategy criticism
Hedge fund Corvex, holding about 6.4% of Whitbread PLC (LSE:WTB), has called a meeting to nominate James Gemmel for one board seat after a year pressing for strategy, structure and capital allocation changes—citing shareholder losses—and spotlights Premier Inn as the core asset while Whitbread read…