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4 May 2011, 5:00 am by J Robert Brown Jr.
  This certainly seems to be one of the implications of the analysis in In re Walt Disney, 731 A.2d 342 (Del. [read post]
19 Jun 2014, 3:04 am by Broc Romanek
Espinoza also said last year’s average $461,000 payout to non-employee directors was too high, being 43 percent larger than typical payouts at “peer” companies such as Amazon.com Inc and Walt Disney Co that on average generated twice as much revenue and three times more profit. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 11:56 am by Steven Weissman
John Bryson has quite a resume for a green evangelist: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Office of Edison International from 1990-2008; a director of the Boeing Company since 1995; Chairman of the Board of BrightSource Energy, member of the Board of Overseers of Keck School of Medicine at USC; a trustee of the California Institute of Technology; a director of the Western Asset Income Fund from 1986 to 2006: a Director of the… [read post]
14 Feb 2007, 7:56 am
At Walt Disney's annual meeting on March 8, investors will vote on a bylaw proposal by Harvard Law Professor Lucian Bebchuk that calls for a 75 percent vote by directors to adopt or amend a poison pill plan and would impose a one-year limit on pills that are not ratified by shareholders. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 3:26 pm by Steve Bainbridge
Chandler’s most famous decision, delivered in 2005 in the Walt Disney case, exemplifies the tension between Delaware’s traditionally wide berth for directors and officers and the growing consciousness of shareholder rights and demands for best practice. [read post]
8 Nov 2006, 7:52 am
In June 2006 the court, in In re The Walt Disney Company Derivative Litigation (New Developments discussion here), defined bad faith, and by implication good faith. [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 11:08 pm
The former duty requires a director to take an active and direct role in the context of a sale of a company from beginning to end. [22] Disney Lastly, a $140 million executive compensation and severance package of former Walt Disney Company President Michael Ovitz was the basis for the breach of fiduciary duty suit against Disney's officers and directors. [23] Shortly after Ovitz joined Disney, it became… [read post]
20 Jul 2007, 8:52 am
At Walt Disney, investors gave 58 percent support to a novel bylaw proposal by Harvard University Professor Lucian Bebchuk that called for a 75 percent vote by independent directors to adopt or amend a pill plan. [read post]
12 Jul 2023, 9:05 pm by renholding
Note that while this post focuses on proxy contests that went to a vote, Trian disclosed in its subsequently withdrawn proxy contest at The Walt Disney Company that its estimated proxy contest expenses were $25,000,000 while the company expected to spend $40,000,000. [read post]
16 May 2011, 1:51 am by Kevin LaCroix
In many U.S. public companies, director election requires only a plurality vote, so that a director candidate in an uncontested election who receives only one vote will be elected. [read post]
3 Mar 2023, 3:00 am by Liz Dunshee
Specifically: – Unmarked but Signed Proxies and Voting Instructions – Trian Group took the position that unmarked proxy cards and VIFs should be instructed as “FOR” their nominee to the Board and “WITHHOLD” on all of the nominees recommended by The Walt Disney Company. [read post]
18 May 2007, 9:23 am
At Walt Disney, investors gave 58 percent support to a novel bylaw proposal by Harvard University Professor Lucian Bebchuk that called for a 75 percent vote by independent directors to adopt or amend a pill plan. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 7:49 am by Theo Francis
Jobs also has been a director of The Walt Disney Company (‘Disney’) since May 2006. [read post]