ETAG
Eurotunnel Foundation Shareholders' Action Group
This is only relevant to members of
TNU PLC, formerly Eurotunnel PLC
.
Eurotunnel Foundation Shareholders' travel rights
Latest Postings
Le Shuttle Club
DO NOT SIGN
ETAG advice to members without current email send 1st class post 21st June 2010
Le Shuttle Club Rules - ETAG Advice posted 20th June 2010
Le Shuttle Club rules 11th June 2010 posted 19th June 2010
Easter Half Term suspension of travel rights - refunds posted 18th June 2010
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However, their qualifying shares are now a tiny minority in a subsidiary of the new holding company, Groupe Eurotunnel SA (GET SA), and ETAG continues to monitor its members' interests.
To conclude the reorganisation, TNU PLC is about to become a wholly owned subsidiary of GET SA, and it has been agreed that the obligation to provide the travel rights is to be assumed by The Channel Tunnel Group Ltd, the GET SA subsidiary which owns the tunnel concession granted by the English & French governments. As from 1st November 2010 the requirement to hold shares to quialify for travel rights will cease, and those wishing to continue taking advantage of them are to be invited to join a new travel club, Le Shuttle Club, which will monitor them.
ETAG continues to keep a beady eye on developments and maintains its defence fund in readiness for any eventuality..
The Eurotunnel Foundation Shareholders’ Action Group (ETAG)
is directed by a Steering Committee consisting of:
Michael Stainer FCA – Former member of Shareholder Consultative Committee
Paul Fox FCA – Former member of Shareholder Consultative Committee
Michael Spencer QC – Crown Office Chambers, expert in Group litigation
John Webley FCA – a former Morgan Stanley Managing Director
It is important to advise ETAG, and Eurotunnel, of any change in your contact details.
Email
Members receive periodic emails from our manually maintained database. Please
click here to email ETAG from your new email address so that we may update our manually maintained records, with the email heading, ‘Change of email address’; for cross checking purposes, please also give your old email, and your name and address. We will acknowledge all advices received and actioned manually.
Address
Please click here to advise us of a change of address, with the email heading ‘Change of address’; again, for cross checking purposes, please also give your old address. All alterations to ETAG’s records will be confirmed by email.
Eurotunnel Shareholder Contact Points
Please click here for access to Eurotunnel’s website details of Shareholder Contacts.
The Shareholder Relations Centre is for GET SA shareholders only.
TNU PLC (formerly Eurotunnel PLC) has a separate email and a Calais address, but no telephone facility.
The residual TNU PLC share registration is dealt with by Computershare Investor Services PLC. The shares are no longer quoted on any exchange.
The requested Defence Fund contribution is
Offer Year |
All these categories have travel rights to the end of the concession in 2086 | 1st payment |
2nd payment |
1987 |
1500 + units with unlimited 'free' return journeys | £150 |
£150 |
1987 |
1000-1499 units with two 'free' return journeys per annum | £40 |
£40 |
1990 |
1500 + units with unlimited return journeys @50% discount | £75 |
£75 |
1990 |
700-1499 units with one return journey per annum @50% discount | £25 |
£25 |
Over 1200 Unitholders have joined ETAG, their first payments having produced over £135,000, of which about £80,000 remains in the kitty.
Members' available insurance cover amounts to a sum well into seven figures.
If you wish to be a party to ETAG's continuing action to safeguard the Foundation Shareholders' travel rights you should register with us and send your first payment to the Defence Fund; the second payment is not required at the moment, and will only be requested, should it be necessary, to ward off any further attacks on our rights.
Please click here for ETAG's Defence Fund Contribution Form to download, and return it with your cheque or credit card details, and also please confirm your are joining ETAG by Email with the subject - Confirmation of Defence Fund Contribution.
Subscribers recieve periodic email updates.
Please notify us, and Eurotunnel, of any change in your contact details see above.
If and when we are satisfied that there is no further danger to our travel rights, any balance of funds will be returned, pro rata, to contributions. Our email address is ETAG@grand-uk.com - it would be appreciated if you would email rather than phone, or write to:ETAG The Grand The Leas Folkestone CT20 2XL
Review of the position as it currently stands
Posted 17th September 2009
AGMs 28th April 2009 & Group Restructuring
Conclusion and suggested action (Posted 20th April 2009)
TNU AGMs 28th April 2009
Agenda commentary (posted 3rd April 2009)
TNU AGMs 27th June 2008 - ETAG report
Travel rights - Annual fee planned
EGMs 21st December 2007 Attendance report
Progress Report 12th Oct 2007
Renewal of travel rights from 1st Nov 2007
AGMs 27th July 2007 Attandance report
Progress Report 30th June 2007
Confirmation that travel rights continue
Progress Report 24th April 2007
Progress Report 14th April 2007
ETAG Advice - Le Shuttle Club Rules 20th June 2010
Le Shuttle Club rules 11th June 2010 posted 19th June 2010
Easter Half Term suspension of travel rights - refunds 18th June 2010
Restriction of Travel Rights February Half Term 2010
Posted 29th Jan 2010
Eurotunnel´s unilateral decision objected to
Renewal of Travel Rights 2010
Posted 29th Jan 2010
Steps to be taken for registration of entitlement
Travel Rights restored & Booking Arrangments
from 15th Jan 2009
Restoration of Travel Rights
Rights to resume in Jan 2009
Temporary Suspension of Travel Rights & their Renewal
Tunnel fire consequences
(Posted 29th Sepember 2008)
TNU AGMs 27th June 2008 Agenda commentry
(posted 23rd June 2008)
EGMs 21st Dec 2007 Agenda commentary
(posted 20th Nov 2007)
Eurotunnel’s AGM press release
AGMs 27th July 2007 Agenda commentary
(posted 7th July 2007)
Accepted in Error? 14th June 2007
A Thank You note 10th June 2007
Your ETAG team and their supporters
Share Price Observations 2nd June 2007
Surplus Untendered Shares 2nd June 2007
Eurotunnel Press Release
31st May 2007
Analysis of initial Offer result
Additional Acceptance Period 1st to 14th June 200
Offer result
25th May 2007 - 87% acceptances - sit tight!
The Takeover Panel ruling 23rd May 2007
Reasons for dismissing ETAG’s ‘separate class of shares’ case (40 pages)
Other aspects of ETAG's approaches to The Takeover Panel, its French Equivalent the AMF, the Paris Commercial Court and its proposed Injunction have not resulted in rulings as either Eurotunnel has taken appropriate action to satisfy our complaints or matters are ongoing.
Linklaters’ review
ETAG's action has become a leading case, and Linklaters' review is a very much more digestible summary
Suggested ACTION REQUIRED
10th May 2007
Offer Closing Date extended 6 days to 21st May 2007 - French press report
9th May 2007
ETAG Newsflash – Preservation of Travel Rights 14th April 2007
ETAG Annual Accounts to 31st March 2010
ETAG Annual Accounts to 31st March 2008
Informal reception Sat 14th July 2007 & other matters
Current Activities 2nd June 2007
Insurance Details 15th May 2007
requested from those ETAG members whose household insurance policies cover contractual disputes
Questionnaire Results 10th May 2007
Evidence that Foundation Shareholders were being misled by Offer documents & information centres
Background and Financial implications April 2007
April 2007
BBC Blogs - to date
Daily Telegraph 2nd April 2007
Guardian Unlimited 2nd April 2007
Evening Standard 5th April 2007
Sunday Telegraph 15th April 2007
Sunday Telegraph 15th April 2007
Motley Fool UK Website posting 25th April 2007
Motley Fool UK Website posting 26th April 2007
May 2007
Motley Fool UK Website posting 1st May 2007
Motley Fool UK Website posting 5th May 2007
The Sunday Telegraph 20th May 2007
The vultures are hovering
June 2007
Times Online 1st June 2007
Share price commentary
