22/01/198504/08/2020 Acquires more than a quarter of Crown Zellerbach shares and is elected to board, destroys ‘poison pill’ defence
22/01/199004/08/2020 Admits defeat in BAT takeover battle after troubles with US regulators and a BAT restructure that mirrored his own proposal
22/07/199004/08/2020 Decides to retire after more than 35 years in business and devote his time to defending the environment
22/01/199304/08/2020 Writes Le Piege (The Trap) which is published in France and becomes a best-seller
22/04/199704/08/2020 Sir James dies of cancer at his Estate ‘Tramores’ in Southern Spain on July 21, 1997
