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Sunright's test of new ID rule vexes minorities

Minority shareholders voted against reappointing long-serving Francis Lee as independent director, but firm insists on keeping him by redesignating his role

Anita Gabriel

Anita Gabriel

Published Wed, Nov 25, 2020 · 09:50 PM

SUNRIGHT, a mainboard-listed semiconductor firm with a market value of some S$47 million, remarkably failed to read the ground at its annual general meeting (AGM) on Monday.

Francis Lee, one of two long-serving independent directors (IDs), did not pass the two-tier vote for his continued appointment as an ID.

But Sunright, a manufacturer of burn-in equipment and provider of semiconductor test and burn-in services, was still insistent on having Mr Lee as director.

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