Luckin Coffee, the coffee chain dubbed as China’s Starbucks, has been asked by some shareholders to reverse some of its boardroom changes in July following the ouster of its co-founder and chairman, as Chinese regulators prepare to clamp down on accounting fraud.
Hong Kong-based Centurium Capital is seeking to reinstate Sean Shao as a director and remove Jie Yang and Ying Zhen as independent directors, the company said in US exchange filings on Monday. These would undo the changes that took place at a shareholders’ meeting on July 5.
The two independent directors, however, have resigned from the board with immediate effect, Luckin said in a separate filing. The duo were both reported by local Chinese media to be the nominees Haode Investment, the family trust of co-founder Charles Lu Zhengyao. Lu was separately removed as chairman at a board meeting on July 12.
Luckin has called for an
