The Independent: Dutch circus act stretches out to a record six hours
“Appropriately, the Dutch shareholders’ meeting was held in the Circus theatre”
By Guy Thornton
29 June 2004
Appropriately, the Dutch shareholders’ meeting was held in the Circus theatre in the seaside resort of Scheveningen, near to The Hague.
Appropriate, as the meeting had much of the circus about it. The unexpectedly large number of shareholders turning up, some 1,700, delayed the meeting and meant there were not enough voting machines to go round, which would lead to more chaos later. Then, when the meeting got going, the constant procession of awkward questions meant that the meeting – normally two or three hours – ran for more than double even the longest previous time.