{"id":109713,"date":"2021-03-16T21:13:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T21:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=109713"},"modified":"2021-03-16T21:13:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T21:13:22","slug":"electric-utility-firstenergy-to-give-carl-icahn-two-board-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/electric-utility-firstenergy-to-give-carl-icahn-two-board-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric utility FirstEnergy to give Carl Icahn two board seats"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Reuters) – Electric utility company FirstEnergy Corp said on Tuesday it would add two members backed by activist investor Carl Icahn to its board.<\/p>\n
The company, which last week named a new chief executive officer after a bribery scandal led to the ouster of its former boss and two other executives, will appoint Icahn Capital employees Andrew Teno and Jesse Lynn to the board.<\/p>\n
Following the addition, the company\u2019s board will have 14 directors, FirstEnergy said.<\/p>\n
The two new directors will serve on committees focused on helping the company improve its compliance.<\/p>\n
The Akron, Ohio-based utility said in February that Icahn was looking to buy a stake worth between $184 million and $920 million, citing a letter from him dated Feb. 16.<\/p>\n