By Jessica DiNapoli

NEW YORK, Dec 7 (Reuters) – The chair of Ben & Jerry’s independent board said she has no plans to resign as Unilever pressures her ahead of Monday’s public spinoff of its Magnum ice cream division, which will include the Vermont-based brand.

Magnum, a longtime division of the consumer goods conglomerate, said last month that the chair, Anuradha Mittal, “no longer meets the criteria” to serve after internal investigations, without providing further details.

Magnum will list publicly on Euronext on Monday, and is inheriting a deepening corporate feud between Unilever and Ben & Jerry’s, stemming from the politically progressive brand’s stance on the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.

An audit of the separate Ben & Jerry’s Foundation, a U.S.-based non-profit wher

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