IRI on sales block?
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Information Resources, Inc. shareholder Chap-Cap Partners pressures Chairman, CEO & President Joseph Durrett in Feb. 13 letter to "sell the company to the highest bidder" before "IRI's shareholders take it upon themselves to find another CEO and board of directors who will do so in your stead." El Segundo, Calif.-based investment group has collected a 5.6% stake in the market research firm since Jan. 8, shortly after Procter & Gamble announced plans to terminate its contract with IRI (1"The Tan Sheet" Dec. 16, 2002, In Brief). IRI reported flat worldwide revenues of $554.8 mil. in 2002 and a $13 mil. net loss, which followed a $3.9 mil. deficit the prior year...