Super/stockmarket Sweep- GLO claim, section 90A of FSMA 2000, on behalf of all shareholders, who acquired at least 10,000 shares in Tesco between 17 April 2013 and 22 October 2014, and who had not sold all of those shares prior to Tesco’s announcements on 29 August, 22 September or 23 October 2014, and have suffered loss, Opt-In (not Opt-Out) Litigation funders – Bentham Europe Limited, Claimant lawyers – Stewarts Law LLP. US Class Action in SDNY - relating to US-traded ADRs. What in the Weavering- Magnus Peterson January 2015: Convicted for fraud, forgery, false accounting, fraudulent trading (Southwark Crown Court), 13 years in prison, Stefan Peterson & Hans Ekstrom, February 2015: Judgment for $111 million set aside on appeal (Cayman Islands Court of Appeal), Insufficient evidence of ‘Wilful Default’ as NEDs. ‘Green Biofuel’: first Bribery Act 2010 convictions: Sustainable Growth Group, Sustainable AgroEnergy plc, Sustainable Wealth (UK) Investments Ltd SFO investigation into promotion of investment products based on ‘Green Biofuel’ Jatropha tree plantations in Cambodia, through SIPPs, False representations to investors, False sales invoices, false emails, Swiss bank accounts, BVI companies, Inflated commissions and bribes, 5 December 2014: Gary West, James Whale, and Stuart Stone (Directors) convicted of fraud, conspiracy, and Bribery Act 2010 offences (Southwark Crown Court, sentenced to 13, 9, and 6 years in prison). Angela Burns v FCA [2014] UKUT 0509- Angela Burns, NED of Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society and Teachers Provident Society (UK mutual societies), 28 November 2012: FCA issued Decision Notice, with fine of £154,800 and Prohibition Order under section 56 of FSMA 2000, FCA findings that Ms Burns, Had misused her NED position to seek to advance her own commercial interests, Failed to disclose conflicts of interest, In breach of Statement of Principle 1 (an approved person must act with integrity in carrying out controlled functions), Lacked fitness and propriety under the ‘Fit and Proper’ test for approved persons, 15 December 2014: Upper Tribunal dismissed appeal.

1. Current Trends in UK Corporate Governance
Description: Super/stockmarket Sweep- GLO claim, section 90A of FSMA 2000, on behalf of all
shareholders, who acquired at least 10,000 shares in Tesco between 17 April 2013 and 22 October
2014, and who had not sold all of those shares prior to Tesco’s announcements on 29 August, 22
September or 23 October 2014, and have suffered loss, Opt-In (not Opt-Out) Litigation funders –
Bentham Europe Limited, Claimant lawyers – Stewarts Law LLP. US Class Action in SDNY -
relating to US-traded ADRs. What in the Weavering- Magnus Peterson January 2015: Convicted for
fraud, forgery, false accounting, fraudulent trading (Southwark Crown Court), 13 years in prison,
Stefan Peterson & Hans Ekstrom, February 2015: Judgment for $111 million set aside on appeal
(Cayman Islands Court of Appeal), Insufficient evidence of ‘Wilful Default’ as NEDs.
‘Green Biofuel’: first Bribery Act 2010 convictions: Sustainable Growth Group, Sustainable
AgroEnergy plc, Sustainable Wealth (UK) Investments Ltd SFO investigation into promotion of
investment products based on ‘Green Biofuel’ Jatropha tree plantations in Cambodia, through
SIPPs, False representations to investors, False sales invoices, false emails, Swiss bank accounts,
BVI companies, Inflated commissions and bribes, 5 December 2014: Gary West, James Whale, and
Stuart Stone (Directors) convicted of fraud, conspiracy, and Bribery Act 2010 offences (Southwark
Crown Court, sentenced to 13, 9, and 6 years in prison).
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