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Easyjet has joined the ‘remuneration-report hall of shame’ following yesterday’s AGM when 28% of shareholders opposed its remuneration report. The revolt puts the low cost airline in the company of Shell, Grainger, Punch Taverns and who have all suffered remuneration defeats at the ballot box. The result probably comes as no surprise given the sharply increased focus on So, it’s 16:22pm the day after after Infineon’s highly contentious AGM. We have the streaming video from the meeting, we have the presentations, we even have a press release announcing the votes “For” the board candidates. But do we have a definitive list of proxy voting results. No. Is the IR department concerned While it is good news to see that Siemens’ shareholders have resolved to put the past firmly behind them, it is interesting to note the priorities of the Siemens’ PR team. In most markets, proxy voting disclosure has reached a high standard enabling analysts to see the turnout trends. A high quality disclosure would typically include the Some 55.44% of the votes cast on the resolution to approve the remuneration report at the AGM of Punch Taverns voted against the remuneration report, condemning the report to defeat. The company joins a select list of five companies in the FTSE All-Share to have lost this vote in 2009. Shareholders were upset at With the AGM season for June-year end companies in Australia now all but complete, one of the last meetings of the season proved to be one of the most contentious in terms of shareholder voting. Shareholders at Goodman Group opposed the re-election of Jim Sloman in large numbers, with 42.2% of votes cast The nickel producer and explorer, Western Areas, saw its remuneration report defeated at its AGM on 6 November, as Australia’s stormy AGM season continues.The voting saw 52.5% vote against with a further 2.3% in abstentions. Four other remuneration-related resolutions were withdrawn in light of overwhelming opposition (by more than 2 to 1) from The first big week of Australian proxy season has seen a number of revolts on executive pay, with one ASX 100 company losing the remuneration report vote and two others seeing very significant dissent. At Downer Edi, the remuneration report was defeated, with investors reacting to reduced performance hurdles for the long-term incentive plan Shareholders have today seen an early benefit of the recently implemented Shareholder Rights Directive, as Ryanair finally disclosed the voting results of one of its AGMs for the benefit of those shareholders unable to attend the meeting in person. Earlier this month, Ryanair was the subject of a complaint by Manifest A bizarre proxy fight at US life sciences company CNS Response Inc appears to hinge on the validity of a special meeting, writes Scott Fenn of ProxyGovernance. In one of the stranger US proxy contests witnessed in recent years, Leonard J. Brandt, the co-founder and former CEO of CNS is claiming victory in the
Yet again Ryanair stands out amongst its peers as being one of Europe’s most shareholder unfriendly companies.
Since the introduction of the 2006 Combined Code recommendations that companies should provide their shareholders with a detailed breakdown of voting results, Ryanair has refused all such requests. At the same time its annual reports for 2009 |
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