Monday, February 01, 2010

German corporate governance


Shareholders are not quite storming Germany’s clubby boardrooms, but they are firing shots overhead.

The attempt to replace an incoming chairman at Infineon, the struggling chipmaker, is the first proxy fight by institutional investors at a Dax-30 company. Siemens shareholders on Tuesday were also among the first to take advantage of legislation allowing a non-binding vote on non-executive pay, even if no large rebellion materialised.

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