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5.892 documents for majority voting in director elections

- Recent Developments Regarding Majority Voting in Director Elections.
The issue of majority voting for directors has emerged as a widely discussed corporate governance topic. This is particularly true with the beginning ...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2005, January 2005
- Ohio Opens The Door For Majority Voting In Director Elections
As a result of a recent amendment to Ohio law,1 effective January 1, 2008, shareholders of Ohio corporations may require that director candidates rece...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- United States Law Articles in English
- Ohio Opens The Door For Majority Voting In Director Elections.
As a result of a recent amendment to Ohio law,1 effective January 1, 2008, shareholders of Ohio corporations may require that director candidates rece...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2007, January 2007

- MMC Amends By-Laws to Provide for Majority Voting in Director Elections.
NEW YORK -- Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) today announced that its board of directors has amended MMC's by-laws to adopt a majority voting st...
- Business Wire
- December 14, 2006
- Shareholder activism by public pension funds and the rights of dissenting employees under the First Amendment.
...The Shift in Control to Independent Directors B. Shareholder Influence over Board Composition an...The Rise of the Majority Voting Standard 5. The Elimination of Broker Discrretionary Voting in Director Elections 6. The Dodd-Frank Act and Further Anticipated Chan...
- Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
- Vol. 34 Nbr. 1, January 2011
- Briefs
hampton roads NORFOLK SOUTHERN BOARD CHANGES GOVERNANCE RULES Norfolk Southern Corp.'s Board of Directors has changed the Norfolk-based railroad's corporate governance guidelines to allow majority voting for directors in uncontested elections. Under the new rules, announced Wednesday, any nominee for director who receives more "withhold" votes than "for" votes will resign. The board will then decide whether to accept or reject that resignation. Previously, a nominee in an uncontested race with more "withhold" votes would be elected, said spokesman Robert C. Fort. Many companies have implemented similar policies, said Charles M. Elson, a corporate governance expert at the University of Delaware.
- The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
- September 29, 2006
- NYSE Further Limits Discretionary Voting By Brokers
... Declassifying the board; Providing for majority voting in director elections; Eliminating superma...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- United States Law Articles in English
- The Adoption of Formal Policies On Board-Shareholder Engagement
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a report released today by The Conference Board, the global business research and membership organization, most U.S. public companies believe that their top executive compensation programs do not pose the risk of a material adverse effect on the business. In addition, the study revealed the emergence of new compensation practices and the adoption by some boards of directors of formal policies on how they should engage with shareholders. The 2011 U.S. Director Compensation and Board Practices Report is based on a survey of 334 public companies jointly conducted by The Conference Board, NASDAQ OMX, and NYSE Euronext between April and June 2011. The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, Stanford Univer...

...Majority voting is the predominant model of director electi... of majority voting policy for director elections. In the largest revenue group, for example, 80 per...
- U.S. Newswire
- November 02, 2011
- Gm Board Adopts New Election Rules
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. said its board of directors voted Tuesday to adopt majority voting for uncontested director elections and to require the reimbursement of executive compensation in cases of misconduct or negligence. The board, which held an all-day meeting, made no official statement on investor Kirk Kerkorian's proposal to join the Nissan- Renault alliance -- an issue that has been at the center of attention as an Oct. 15 deadline for evaluating the idea approaches.
- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- October 04, 2006
- Wasting the corporate waste doctrine: how the doctrine can provide a viable solution in controlling excessive executive compensation.
... have had little effect on boards of directors' decisions. Occasionally, however, the outcry is s... "it is in reality a gift in part and the majority stockholders have no power to give away corporate .... (23.) See Stephen Deane, Majority Voting in Director Elections: From the Symbolic to the De...
- Michigan Law Review
- Vol. 109 Nbr. 1, October 2010