Luckin Coffee board fails in attempt to oust chairman

Disgraced Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee Inc. disclosed Thursday afternoon that the board of directors' attempt to oust its chairman had failed. The board announced the previous Thursday that it would hold a vote to dismiss Charles Zhengyao Lu as a member of the board and the chairman, but said the vote failed to hit the two-thirds threshold needed to actually take the action. Luckin said at the time that the effort was a result of its investigation into the company, which has already dismissed a number of top executives including the chief executive. The company completed its internal investigation earlier in the week, disclosing that revenue was inflated by roughly $300 million in 2019. The stock was delisted from the Nasdaq and currently trades over the counter.

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