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Superdry said proxy votes cast ahead of a meeting of investors
showed Dunkerton had secured 50.75 percent of the votes cast for
his reappointment as a director.
The final outcome will be declared once votes cast at the
general meeting itself are included.
Dunkerton, who owns 18.4 percent of Superdry's equity, had quit
the firm a year ago after a row over strategy. He particularly
does not agree with Superdry's product and internet plans.
Superdry, whose main products are sweatshirts, hoodies and
jackets, has issued a string of profit warnings, the latest in
December, and its shares have slumped 64 percent over the last
year. It has been led by Chief Executive Euan Sutherland since
2014.
Superdry's board had opposed Dunkerton's return, saying it would
be highly disruptive and could trigger resignations.
Dunkerton and Superdry's co-founder and former brand and design
director James Holder, who has a 9.7 percent stake, also wanted
to place Peter Williams, an industry veteran who is the current
chairman of online fashion retailer Boohoo, onto the board as a
non-executive director.
The proxy votes showed Williams had also won the support of
50.74 percent of votes cast.
Shares in Superdry were down 2 percent at 1114 GMT.
(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru and James Davey
in London; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
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