NYSE Euronext also announced today that André Bergen, former Chief Executive Officer of KBC Group, and Jackson P. Tai, former Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of DBS Group Holdings Ltd., were named as independent members of the company’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Bergen has extensive experience in the banking and financial services industry where he has held senior leadership roles. He most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of KBC Group from 2006 to 2009. For more details click here: http://www.nyse.com/corpgovernance/1272537157188.html
Mr. Tai has nearly three decades of experience in financial services where he has held leadership roles in major banking and financial services organizations. He most recently served as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of DBS Group Holdings Ltd. from June 2002 to December 2007. For more details, click here: http://www.nyse.com/corpgovernance/1272537157171.html#/corpgovernance/1272537157171.html
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) |
141,633,685 |
5,426,771 |
|
Marshall N. Carter (Deputy Chairman) |
144,204,433 |
2,856,023 |
|
Duncan L. Niederauer (Chief Executive Officer) |
144,215,622 |
2,844,834 |
|
André Bergen |
143,941,953 |
3,118,503 |
|
Ellyn L. Brown |
141,985,763 |
5,074,693 |
|
Patricia M. Cloherty |
143,772,169 |
3,288,287 |
|
Sir George Cox |
144,126,810 |
2,933,646 |
|
Sylvain Hefes |
143,352,941 |
3,707,515 |
|
Duncan M. McFarland |
141,627,883 |
5,432,573 |
|
James J. McNulty |
141,723,708 |
5,336,748 |
|
Ricardo Salgado |
141,636,452 |
5,424,004 |
|
Robert G. Scott |
144,225,923 |
2,834,533 |
|
Jackson P. Tai |
142,972,728 |
4,087,728 |
|
Jean-François Théodore |
144,240,965 |
2,819,491 |
|
Rijnhard van Tets |
143,173,166 |
3,887,290 |
|
Sir Brian Williamson |
133,615,173 |
13,445,283 |
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 2010 |
192,441,971 |
674,686 |
550,111 |
|
Shareholder proposal to institute certificated shares |
6,356,817 |
139,647,147 |
1,056,492 |
|
Shareholder proposal to adopt a simple majority vote requirement for certain items submitted for shareholder approval in the company’s charter and bylaws |
111,124,464 |
22,869,306 |
13,066,686 |
