Animal rights threat hammers Montpellier.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: June 22, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: RUTH SUNDERLAND

SHARES in construction group Montpellier fell by one fifth after shareholders were scared off by letters from animal rights protesters.

Activists are targeting Montpellier, down 4I/4p at 18p, because it is the main contractor on a centre at Oxford University which will carry out research on primates.

They warned that their campaign would 'send the share price crashing'.

Investors received letters from a Roy Harris...

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