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...The motivation may have been their role in determining executive bonuses. Shares of Chemours initially fell by a third after the company put executives on leave last month....
...The moves come after a judge in Delaware, Kathaleen McCormick, voided a planned $56bn pay award from Tesla, the electric-car company he runs, late last month....
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...Criticism of Delaware reached a peak in the 1980s when it sanctioned some “poison pill” defences against hostile takeovers....
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...The vote is a chance for shareholders to re-endorse Musk’s leadership of the company, at a time when Tesla’s sales have fallen in the face of slowing demand and rising competition....
...Typically, the most contentious disputes that Delaware hears involve companies controlled by a large shareholder and feature the conflicts in dealmaking that result....
...Elon Musk has shifted the incorporation of his brain-implant company Neuralink to Nevada, deepening a rift with the state of Delaware where a judge recently voided the entrepreneur’s $56bn pay package from...
...The FT’s Wall Street editor Sujeet Indap explains how Delaware became the favourite place for big companies to incorporate and why that’s unlikely to change....
...The company said in a regulatory filing on Friday that it was developing a plan to address the problems, which came to light in January....
...Varallo convinced a Delaware judge that Musk’s $56bn pay package at his electric-car company Tesla should be voided, landing a massive dent in the billionaire’s net worth (don’t worry, he’s still rich)....
...The company is asking shareholders again to vote in favour of Elon Musk’s 2018 pay package — the same one nullified earlier this year by the Delaware Court of Chancery....
...“The affairs of Delaware corporations, however, must be managed by Boards of Directors, not backroom deals,” said the lawsuit, saying non-Elliott shareholders never got the opportunity to approve the features...
...Taking out life insurance on a stranger is “anathema to hundreds of years of public policy” and a violation of the Delaware Constitution, the suit says....
...a Delaware corporate law court ruled on Tuesday....
...Ah, Delaware . . . along with decent beaches and the fading glamour of the DuPont dynasty, the state is known for being a cheap and cheerful venue for registering companies in relative privacy....
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