Sunday, September 25, 2005
Microsoft unveils new governance guidelines
Microsoft on Friday tightened its corporate governance guidelines to give shareholders a bigger say on nominees for its board of directors.
The software company said any director who received a majority of withheld votes in an uncontested election must submit their resignation to the board. This would be considered by the Governance and Nominating committee and a recommendation would then be made to the board on how to proceed.
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