Thanks to everyone who has signed this petition over the last two days. This petition received media coverage over the weekend and it has really raised the profile of it! We now have over 700 signatories, but we need many more.

We have recently contacted Nationwide to obtain exact details of how we need to organise the Special General Meeting and we are awaiting a full response. In the meanwhile it would be much appreciated if everyone who has not already done so could email the Society Secretary using the template below:

Please copy and paste the below email template, fill in your name, address and account number, and send it to Nationwide using the email address: Society.Secretary@Nationwide.co.uk 

Please also send me an email to my address mikael@lexgreen.com to let me know that you have sent an email as described below to the Society Secretary, so I can log how many people have sent an email. Depending on what Nationwide insist upon, we may need to send paper letters too. I shall let you know if this becomes a requirement via email.

Thank you for once again for your support.

Kind regards,

Mikael

EMAIL TEMPLATE

TO:
Society.Secretary@Nationwide.co.uk 

SUBJECT:
Request for a Special General Meeting to demand a member vote on the takeover of Virgin Money

MESSAGE:
Dear Society Secretary,

Under Section 14 of the Nationwide rules, I would like to request a Special General Meeting of the Nationwide Building Society as soon as possible to pass a resolution that “the takeover of Virgin Money must not proceed without the approval of a majority of Nationwide members.”

My Nationwide account number (bank account or mortgage account) is:
<ENTER ACCOUNT NUMBER>

I am prepared to pay a refundable deposit of £50.  Please provide the details on how this can be made, if needed.

Signed: <ENTER NAME>

<ENTER ADDRESS>