Thursday, July 19, 2012

Zombie allusions: They just keep on coming-into the boardroom

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-18/zombie-directors-should-exit-u-s-boardrooms-nell-minow.html


Zombie Directors Should Exit U.S. Boardrooms


"Except for the fraction of cases where someone nominates a competing slate of candidates and undertakes the multimillion- dollar expense of a proxy contest, management’s nominees are routinely elected to the board. Dozens of directors continue to serve, like boardroom zombies, even after a majority of the shareholders voted against them. In the past three years, about 200 directors failed to receive majority votes. Almost all of them continued as board members."

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