Updates
** Shares of Forward Air Corp FWRD.O rise 9% to $21.20, hitting nearly three-month high
** Stock trading at its highest since late March
** FWRD says three board members, including chairman George Mayes, have resigned after activist investor Ancora Holdings mounted campaign to unseat them
** Among the trio, Javier Polit and Laurie Tucker were re-elected but chose to resign immediately
** Ancora, which owns roughly 4% of Forward Air, launched "withhold the vote" campaign last month to force out the three directors over their support for an unpopular acquisition and to accelerate sale of the company
** Ancora says well-run sale process of the company is urgently needed
** Including session's moves, shares down 34.4% YTD
(Reporting by Apratim Sarkar)
((Apratim.Sarkar@thomsonreuters.com))
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