Matt Southall and Jonathan Heller have been removed from the board of directors at Charlton Athletic as unrest continues at the Valley.
Majority shareholder Tahnoon Nimer made the decision on Thursday afternoon, replacing the pair with Claudiu Florica and Mahian Mihail.
However executive chairman Southall insisted in an earlier statement that "there shall be no discussions about me stepping away from Charlton" as the battle for control of the Championship side showed no signs of abating.
Nimer said: "I am pleased to be able to appoint Claudiu and Marian to the board so that Charlton can move forward.
"It has been a difficult few weeks for everyone involved at the football club and this is a positive step in the right direction.
"Our priority now is stabilising the short-term future of the football club in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis and working with the EFL to get the club's transfer embargo lifted to demonstrate our long-term commitment to Charlton Athletic."
Charlton are currently under an EFL-imposed transfer embargo that has been in place since soon after East Street Investments (ESI) purchased the club from Roland Duchatelet in January. The Football League said earlier this month that they have not yet received proof that the Addicks have sufficient funding to run through to June 2021.
Southall insists that he will remain on the Charlton board and said in a statement posted on Twitter: "Mr Nimer brought in to the meeting two other men with no standing in Charlton Athletic Football Club and he and those two men have collectively decided they are now the board of an English football club.
"We presume that in due course they will make an application to the English Football League to take the owners and directors test... Protocol has not been followed and resolutions have been passed which are both invalid and unlawful.
"Nothing from the board meeting changes the circumstances of my employment or mine or Mr Heller's status as directors of the club.
"Until such time Mr Nimer fulfills the obligations that he promised when purchasing the club, there shall be no discussions about me stepping away from Charlton in my day-to-day capacity or as an owner through my shareholding in East Street Investments."
