Digital 9 Infrastructure thrown into chaos as director is ousted alongside last minute departure

Reassured wind-down still progressing

Eve Maddock-Jones
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Shareholders of the Digital 9 Infrastructure trust (DGI9) have voted to remove Aaron Le Cornu as director, sending the company into limbo as other last-minute exits left the trust with too few directors to continue operating.

At the trust's annual general meeting yesterday (12 June), 60.3% of the votes were cast against Le Cornu's re-election, with just 39.7% in support of him. The recently appointed chair Eric Sanderson thanked Le Cornu for his tenure and commitment to the company since he joined in April 2022. Digital 9 Infrastructure appoints chair to oversee managed wind-down The situation escalated, however, as Gailina Liew withdrew her re-election bid the day before the AGM, meaning Sanderson is currently the sole director on the board after the AGM. Meanwhile, the board had scrambled to appoin...

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