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Manifest’s annual review of executive remuneration trendshas now been published and has received a positive response from a variety of market commentators including Robert Peston for BBC’s News at 10 and the BBC World Service’s European Business News.
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Read MoreOn Shareolder Voting Trends
… It shows that the average level of support for management proposals rose from 75.8% in 2006 to 84% last year. In Europe, Manifest, a shareholder-advice firm, says 97% of all shareholder votes cast in …
Read MoreThe advisory vote on the remuneration report at AGM of OZ Minerals on 11 June is expected to see a very significant protest vote following the AU$10m severance payment received by former Oxiana CEO, Owen Hegarty, during the year. The …
Read MoreDid the Lloyds board act with sufficient care on the HBOS deal? Manifest takes a look at the legal aspects of directors’ duties in the context of one of this century’s most politically charged takeovers.
The 2006 Companies Act for …
Read MoreMears Group, which moved its listing from AIM to the Official List in June 2008, has fallen significantly short of the requirements of the UK Companies Act in the drafting of its remuneration report for the 2008 financial year.…
Read MoreRyanair is asking the Aer Lingus to cut the salaries of its Chairman, Colm Barrington and the non-executive directors due to the airline’s ‘stated need to significantly reduce costs’. Ryanair, a 29.8% shareholder in Aer Lingus, has requisitioned two resolutions …
Read MoreRoyal Dutch Shell today suffered one of the UK’s all time biggest ever shareholder revolts with a 57.1% vote Against the remuneration report vote. Since the introduction of the Directors Remuneration Report Regulations in 2002 only two other FTSE100 companies …
Read MoreBanks were ownerless corporations whose shareholders gave their governance role a low priority. That’s just one of the damning conclusions from the UK’s Treasury Committee which has released its third report on the Banking Crisis. The report entitled “Banking Crisis: …
Read MoreManifest this week requisitioned a say on pay shareholder resolution at the Bank of Ireland and four more leading Irish listed companies: DCC; Elan; C&C Group; and Independent News & Media.
As the course of this year’s European proxy season …
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