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This excerpt taken from the C DEF 14A filed Mar 20, 2009. Cumulative
Voting
RESOLVED: Cumulative Voting. Shareholders recommend that our
Board take steps necessary to adopt cumulative voting.
Cumulative voting means that each shareholder may cast as many
votes as equal to number of shares held, multiplied by the
number of directors to be
elected. A shareholder may cast all such cumulated votes for a
single candidate or split votes between multiple candidates.
Under cumulative voting shareholders can withhold votes from
certain poor-performing nominees in order to cast multiple votes
for others.
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This excerpt taken from the C DEF 14A filed Mar 13, 2007. Cumulative Voting
RESOLVED: Cumulative Voting. Shareholders recommend that our Board adopt cumulative voting. Cumulative voting means that each shareholder may cast as many votes as equal to number of shares held, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected. A shareholder may cast all such cumulated votes for a single candidate or split votes between multiple candidates, as that shareholder sees fit. Under cumulative voting shareholders can withhold votes from certain nominees in order to cast multiple votes for others.
Cumulative voting won impressive yes-votes of 54% at Aetna and 56% at Alaska Air in 2005 and 55% at GM in 2006. The GM 55% vote was up from 49% in 2005. The Council of Institutional Investors www.cii.org formally recommends adoption of this proposal topic.
Cumulative voting allows a significant group of shareholders to elect a director of its choice safeguarding minority shareholder interests and bringing independent perspectives to Board decisions.
Cumulative Voting could increase the possibility of electing at least one director with a specialized expertise and advocacy needed at our company to improve our corporate governance. For instance to convince other directors that we need directors who are better qualified and do not have defects | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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