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...marks on both the S and the G”....
...Though the binding vote passed, the large proportion of Ashmore’s share capital held by company insiders, including chief executive Mark Coombs, makes the rebellion significant....
...“They have properly stepped off the mark this time.”...
...JD Wetherspoon’s chairman Tim Martin told shareholders he would mark 40 years in the role next month and was “hoping to do another 40” despite a spat with some of the company’s biggest shareholders over...
...His replacement will be Mark Allan, who is currently chief executive at St Modwen Properties, the property group which specialises in brownfield regeneration....
...Mark Bullen, director of share registration services at Equiniti, which helps companies run annual meetings, says hybrid meetings are not necessarily the answer....
...A colleague of his at L&G, Mark Zinkula, sits on the FRC’s board. Sir John is under pressure to prove his independence. That may prove dangerous for Mr Haddrill....
...So concerned are shareholder advisers Glass Lewis and Pirc that they have joined Royal London, an investor in the bank, in recommending a vote against Mr Hill’s re-election....
...Pirc added: “Far from being ‘fake news’, Pirc’s analysis was correct and the company had an opportunity to question our analysis at that time....
...The new finance director will be Mark FitzPatrick, a partner at accounting firm, Deloitte....
...Pirc, the investment consultancy, has urged shareholders to block Mr Ashley’s reappointment as executive deputy chairman, citing concerns about his “influence on the board” and questioning whether other...
...Another top 20 shareholder said: “It is the height of hypocrisy, particularly as they were the group that was most vociferous in criticising Sir Stuart Rose [at Marks and Spencer] going from CEO to chairman...
...These are reflective of advice from Pirc, a shareholder consultancy which is aligned with the unions and local authority pension funds....
...Other groups PIRC and ShareSoc are also recommending a vote against the pay policy....
...Timothy Bush Head of Governance and Financial Analysis, PIRC London E14, UK...
...Leftish groups such as the High Pay Centre and Pirc should not get too excited. The BP vote was not a call for social justice....
...There should also be a formal requirement, I would argue, to disclose the mark to market deficit or surplus on buybacks in notes to financial statements....
...There are also question marks over banks’ ability to assess the likelihood of loans defaulting within a 12-month timeframe. Mr Bush said: “The standard is likely to produce random outcomes....
...He has been granted £2m worth of shares, following his arrival from Marks and Spencer on September 22....
...One of these three, Mark Armour, is also currently a non-executive director of Tesco....
...Mark Martin, chief executive, defended the planned changes to articles of association at the company, which holds assets in west Siberia and the Timan-Pechora region in northern Russia....
...Exillon Energy has failed in an attempt to restrict the powers of its shareholders to call extraordinary meetings, but the oil company’s chief executive, Mark Martin, survived calls to vote him off the board...
...Companies like Marks & Spencer and the privatised utilities tend to attract large numbers because of their big retail shareholder bases. The quality of the catering also plays a part, notes Swaby....
...Conversely, the introduction of a boardroom boss wielding executive powers has drawn the ire of corporate governance groups, with both Pirc and Manifest being longstanding critics of the company....
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