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Majority voting for the election of directors has been transformed from a fringe concept to the prevailing election standard among large public companies in the brief span of three years, as demonstrated by the November 2007 edition of the Study of Majority Voting in Director Elections (available at http://www.ngelaw.com/). Statistics and examples drawn from the Study underscore that majority voting has become a relatively mature, as well as widespread, movement:
Notwithstanding concern over the manner in which majority voting might be used by hedge funds, unions and other activists, in 2007 only one director received a majority against vote at a company with majority voting. Mae Jemison, an incumbent director at Gen-Probe, Incorporated, received a majority against vote based upon her failure to attend at least 75% of board meetings. After consulting with ISS, the board declined to accept her resignation, with the understanding that the attendance issue would be addressed. Ms. Jemison subsequently stepped down. Additionally, companies including Alaska Air Group, Inc., General Motors Corporation, Motorola, Inc. and Tandy Brands Accessories, Inc. weathered actual or threatened proxy contests in 2007 with majority voting provisions that provided for plurality voting to apply in the event of a contested election. Dissatisfied stockholders also targeted specific directors at companies with majority voting, including certain directors at CVS Caremark Corporation, International Paper Company, Verizon Communications Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. None of the targeted directors received a majority against/withhold vote. Nonetheless, the relevant directors and boards appear to have examined the voting results closely, with certain targeted directors at CVS Caremark Corporation and the CEO at Yahoo! Inc. subsequently resigning.
The Activist Origins of Majority Voting
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