Voting Results Archives

Persimmon seeks to blame proxy advisors for NED’s slim majority

Construction firm, Persimmon, faced significant opposition in the vote to elect Nigel Mills as one their non-executive directors. There was a 47% vote against Mills’ appointment, due to independence concerns, …

Institutional investors accused of not doing enough to curb excessive US CEO pay

Leading mutual funds and pension funds so far have taken little action to curb the pay of chief executives (CEOs) in the US according to a report by As You Sow, a non-profit organisation that promotes environmental and social corporate …

61 Russell 3000 companies failed Say on Pay votes in 2015

Analysis of the proxy voting at Russell 3000 company meetings last year found that 61 companies (2.8%) failed in achieving at least 50% support for their say on pay votes which have been compulsory in the US since 2011, according …

Stelios Haji-Ioannou opposes easyHotel’s directors’ remuneration report

The founder of the Easy group of companies, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, used his 49% stake in easyHotel, to vote against the company’s directors’ remuneration report leading to a majority opposing the resolution to approve the report at its recent AGM. …

Farewell Bond, will Dimon be forever?

It’s being quite a few days for corporate governance. First, the unprecedented (at least since our records began in 1996) shock yesterday of Sir John Bond’s ejection as Chair of Glencore Xstrata, whilst in the same week, the PR chicanery …

Please sir, I’d like to have a vote?

Perhaps the two least surprising observations about last week’s local government elections in the UK were the weakness of the incumbent national government party vote, and the continued fall in turnout. If there’s one thing you can rely on, it’s …

How would a super-majority support requirement impact UK Say-on-pay votes?

One of the suggestions made by Vince Cable when answering his parliamentary question in the House of Commons yesterday in relation to his proposals to address executive pay, was that the remuneration report may be subject to a higher support …

UK pay dissatisfaction trends revealed

An analysis by Manifest of voting trends on the remuneration report since its introduction in 2003 has revealed the FTSE 100 companies with the greatest level of shareholder dissatisfaction, on average, over the period.

The list includes some companies where …

“Excessive” bonuses lead to higher dissent

One of the questions faced by investors when considering say on pay votes is whether the payout is appropriate. While salary may be easily compared against peers, assessing how appropriate the bonus is may not be so straightforward. To try …

“Healthy tension” best for executive remuneration?

Just what is the most appropriate level of executive pay and what is the best approach to aligning interests between executives and shareholders? This little gem of an extract comes from a submission to Australia’s Productivity Commission made in 2009 …