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In its annual report published today, the advertising behemoth said the five-year payout for 2016 and 2017 awarded to Sorrell would lapse.
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Sorrell described the decision as “just another case of peanut envy” and a “petty move”.
“It’s a bit rich that they’re accusing me of leaks, given their own over the last three years,” he said in a statement given to City A.M.
“They’ve had to go back several years to try and find an excuse to deny me what’s mine. I’ve left it to my lawyers to deal with. It seems like blind rage is driving them, not peanut or even coconut envy.”
Sorrell founded
But he left the firm in 2018 following accusations of personal misconduct, which he has always denied.
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Since his acrimonious departure the tycoon, who was paid £70m in 2015 and still holds shares in
Sorrell now runs
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