Seymour Pierce received winding up threat

The collapsed UK broker was told it could face a winding up order from Denis Gorbunenko, the Ukrainian investor blocked from buying the firm

A Ukrainian investor in UK broker Seymour Pierce – whose attempt to buy a controlling stake had been blocked – considered asking the courts for a winding-up order to liquidate the company before it went into administration, according to new documents.

Denis Gorbunenko, who invested £3m into the company over the course of last year, was considering making an application to the courts to have the company wound-up, documents filed with the UK's Companies House earlier this month show.

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