Long-suffering investors in Cattles, whose shares have been suspended since April, protested on Wednesday against the re-election of two non-executive directors at the subprime lender’s annual meeting in Leeds.

About a 10th of investors voted against the re-election of David Haxby, senior independent director who has been on the board since 1999, and Alan McWalter, a director since 2005 and on Cattles’ audit committee.