JAKARTA: British financier Nathaniel Rothschild's bid for control of London-listed coal firm Bumi Plc may face a challenge as a major stakeholder sold 13 percent of voting rights ahead of a crucial shareholders' meeting.
Indonesia's powerful Bakrie family has been in boardroom tussles with Rothschild over control of the company and its lucrative coal assets in Indonesia since soon after the joint venture was set up in mid-2011 in a $3 billion deal.
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