Myer chairman-elect Garry Hounsell has lashed out at Solomon Lew and Premier Investments, following Lew's second letter to shareholders last week.
In his second letter, Lew claimed that many shareholders had already offered their proxy vote to Premier at the upcoming Myer AGM.
Lew then urged undecided shareholders to also place their trust in his decisions, even go so far as to attach a proxy vote form at the bottom of the letter.
Hounsell fired back, this time claiming a vote against him made little sense as Premier had, at one point, considered him fit for the role of Premier's chairman.
"Mr Lew is asking you to vote against me as your new chairman when the Premier board approached me to take the role of Chairman at Premier in the past. I chose to refuse that approach.
"Why is Mr Lew trying to block me from acting as Myer's chairman when I was considered good enough to lead the Premier board"
Premier's response was swift, as a spokesperson from the company denied the claims on all grounds.
“Myer is clearly rattled by the response we have had from retail shareholders to Premier’s call for change to the Myer board, and they’re now resorting to making things up.
"Garry Hounsell has never been offered the chairmanship nor a directorship of Premier. To suggest that Solomon Lew would hand over the chairmanship of Premier to someone he only met for the first time on October 6 this year is just absurd.
"This letter is yet another attempt by the Myer board to mislead its own shareholders. It is a lie and a fabrication, and Mr Hounsell should withdraw it.”