Activist shareholder Bergeron urges Ethan Allen investors to back board overhaul, launch independent CEO search at annual meeting

• Activist investor Doug Bergeron, holder of 5.2%, criticized Ethan Allen’s newly announced CEO succession process as reactive to his proxy contest.
• Bergeron said the board moved only after his group launched an alternative director slate and an independent CEO search on Sept. 10.
• He challenged the board’s fitness to pick a new CEO, citing years of underperformance and governance failures under Chairman-CEO Farooq Kathwari.
• Bergeron warned the transition could run through June 30, 2027, leaving Kathwari in charge for up to nine more months.

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