Press Roundup: Voting Trends, Lloyds

On 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 Europe last year were supportive of management….

June 2nd 2009 continue reading >>

Lloyds Directors – Duty of Care?

Did 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 the first time codified a number of long established common law principles relating …… continue reading >>

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