At the company’s annual meeting today, NYSE Euronext (NYX) shareholders elected the full slate of 18 directors to its Board, ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2009, rejected a non-binding shareholder proposal to institute certificated shares, and approved a non-binding shareholder proposal to adopt a simple majority vote requirement for certain items submitted for shareholder approval in the company’s charter and bylaws.
The company’s Inspector of Elections, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., informed the company that shareholders elected the following persons to the Board of Directors:
|
Director |
For |
Withheld |
|
Jan-Michiel Hessels (Chairman of the Board) |
180,379,520 |
7,557,958 |
|
Marshall N. Carter (Deputy Chairman) |
180,245,340 |
7,692,138 |
|
Duncan L. Niederauer (Chief Executive Officer) |
180,784,130 |
7,153,348 |
|
Jean-François Théodore (Deputy Chief Executive Officer) |
180,523,427 |
7,414,051 |
|
Ellyn L. Brown |
180,417,178 |
7,520,300 |
|
Patricia M. Cloherty |
179,890,754 |
8,046,724 |
|
Sir George Cox |
179,953,343 |
7,984,135 |
|
Sylvain Hefes |
180,007,312 |
7,930,166 |
|
Dominique Hoenn |
180,016,581 |
7,920,897 |
|
Shirley Ann Jackson |
173,554,393 |
14,383,085 |
|
James S. McDonald |
179,400,788 |
8,536,690 |
|
Duncan M. McFarland |
174,381,640 |
13,555,838 |
|
James J. McNulty |
180,659,891 |
7,277,587 |
|
Baron Jean Peterbroeck |
179,897,657 |
8,039,821 |
|
Alice M. Rivlin |
179,767,211 |
8,170,267 |
|
Ricardo Salgado |
171,926,650 |
16,010,827 |
|
Rijnhard van Tets |
179,660,670 |
8,276,808 |
|
Sir Brian Williamson |
172,105,795 |
15,831,683 |
The following table lists the vote results for the remaining proposals.
|
Proposal |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
|
Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2009 |
185,352,144 |
2,180,643 |
404,691 |
|
Shareholder proposal to institute certificated shares |
13,132,686 |
109,386,390 |
2,225,987 |
|
Shareholder proposal to adopt a simple majority vote requirement for certain items submitted for shareholder approval in the company’s charter and bylaws |
95,454,722 |
28,115,795 |
1,174,546 |
