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In view of the recent takeover* bid, the Family have written an ‘open letter’, care of, HBOS Plc asking for support. It is reproduced below:
29th November 2006
For the urgent attention of:
Mr. Andrew Hornby Chief Executive HBOS Group Plc,
Bank of Scotland Corporate (Joint Ventures Team)
Castle Bidco / West Coast Capital / Sir Tom Hunter
C/O HBOS Plc
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH1 1YZ
Sent by Arrangement via Fax: To Mr. Ross Keaney Tel 0131 243 7082
Dear Mr. Hornby, Sir Tom Hunter,
All Respective Board Directors, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Crest Nicholson Plc
With reference to the above, it has come to our attention that, between your associate organisations and institutions, you have collectively expressed critical interest in the outright ownership of this company. For the benefit of doubt, we confirm that Crest Plc is a property developer operating under the chair of Mr. John Matthews, based at Crest House, Pyrcroft Road, Chertsey, Surrey, England.
We are presently informed that further considerations in this regard may be taking place but nothing has been finalised or confirmed, but we acknowledge the fact that Castle Bidco is now the largest single shareholder in Crest Nicholson Plc.
Further to our earlier enquiries with HBOS Group Plc, ( a previously listed and presently listed major shareholder with Crest Nicholson Plc) we kindly inform you that Crest Nicholson Plc, is the company that caused our Family to become ‘Homeless’ and lose all possession of our Family’s entire personal private belongings.
With our five children we were callously evicted by Crest Nicholson Plc from our own perfectly safe and satisfactory Family houseboat home of 14 years. But this was only after the company had caused an earlier night time grounding and toppling accident to it and at a time when Mrs. Shalom was eight months pregnant!
Subsequently, under the sole direction of Mr. John Callcutt CBE, (who was Crest’s Chief Executive Officer at the time and ‘solely responsible for enforcing health and safety throughout the Crest Group’) Crest Nicholson Plc deliberately set-about a course of action which forced a full scale legal eviction.
In a very calculated manner, our houseboat and home eviction was brought about by Crest Nicholson refusing to grant us permissions so that we could make necessary repairs, which would have enabled us to gain ‘minimum insurance requirements’, and therefore enable us to comply with standard marina ‘terms and conditions’.
We believe that John Callcutt CBE, (presently Chief Executive of English Partnerships), acted immorally whilst leading the Crest Plc Group. However, we also believe that as a consequence of his direction, Crest Nicholson Plc at least took its part in immoral activities against us, our children and our home.
The matter is well documented to our official ‘Family Campaign for Social Justice’ website at
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Finally, regardless of your present or future interests in the Crest Nicholson Plc Group, we ask you please, to support us, in our Family Campaign for Social Justice from Crest Nicholson Plc.
With kind regards,
Marie Louise and Vince Shalom
And Our Daughters: Hannah 15, Naomi 13, Rachel 9, Rebekah 7 and Jessica 6.
c.c.
H F Baines HBOS PLC Company Secretary 0131 243 5546
Letter Ends:
References:-
* Crest Plc, Sir Tom Hunter, Castle Bidco Take Over Bid as reported in the Times Online
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*Castle Bidco Take Over Bid Crest Plc ‘Clarification of Shareholding’ as reported by HBOS Plc
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More details about West Coast Capital can be found here
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Bank of Scotland Corporate it’s here at
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HBOS PLC it’s here at
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John Matthews Chair of Crest Nicholson is here
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John Callcutt CBE English Partnerships is here
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Houseboat Eviction Latest News is here at
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