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Activist shareholder Knight Vinke Asset Management LLC, which owns a 1.5% stake, accused the company last month of "swerving" on its strategy.

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Kesa's largest shareholder, activist investor Knight Vinke which has an 18% stake in the group, backed the Comet sale, which it hopes will be a precursor to a listing of Kesa's remaining businesses, particularly Darty, on the Paris stock exchange.

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"Knight Vinke ... have their views and we have to, and do, listen to them, but Kesa is run by management, directed by the board and owned by shareholders who have their own rights," Mr. Newlands said.

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With pristine tone from the choir, a forthright team of soloists – Hibla Gerzmava, Dagmar Peckova, Stefan Vinke and Jan Martinik – as well as organist David Goode, commanding in his wild solo movement, it made a powerful impression.

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Activist investor Knight Vinke has been steadily raising its stake in Kesa for almost a year and is now the company's largest shareholder with a 18% stake.

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Knight Vinke was not immediately available for comment Thursday.

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French retailer Carrefour slumped fell 4.7% on a Financial Times report that activist fund Knight Vinke was discussing the possibility of taking a seat on the company's board.

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Activist shareholder Knight Vinke Asset Management LLC, which owns a 1.5% stake, accused the company last month of "swerving" on its strategy.

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Kesa's largest shareholder, activist investor Knight Vinke which holds a 20% stake, has been pressuring the group to come to a decision about a sale quickly.

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U.S.-based asset management firm and activist investor Knight Vinke Asset Management LLC, which owns 1.5% of Carrefour, said Thursday that it welcomed the postponement of Carrefour's plans for the property unit.

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