Monday, April 18, 2005

Nestlé defeats pension funds amid “mistrust”


Food group Nestlé has defeated a corporate governance motion brought against it by a group of pension funds - with outgoing chairman Rainer Gut questioning their motives.

Nestlé shareholders at its annual general meeting in Lausanne rejected a proposal by the Ethos group, which represents Swiss pension funds, to prevent chief executive Peter Brabeck taking on the extra role of chairman.

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