At the NYSE Euronext (NYX) annual stockholders’ meeting held on April 26, 2012:
- 15 director nominees received a majority of votes cast, with an average approval rate of 86.48% of votes cast; Mr. Ricardo Salgado did not receive a majority of votes cast from stockholders,
- Stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012,
- Stockholders approved on an advisory, non-binding basis, the Company’s executive compensation, and
- Stockholders approved a stockholder proposal regarding the power of stockholders to call special meetings.
The Company’s Inspector of Elections, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., informed the Company of the following stockholder vote results:
- The stockholders elected the following persons to the Board of Directors:
|
Director |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
|
Jan-Michiel Hessels (Chairman) |
145,334,792 |
28,253,516 |
291,389 |
|
Marshall N. Carter (Deputy Chairman) |
145,709,655 |
28,004,879 |
165,163 |
|
Duncan L. Niederauer (Chief Executive Officer) |
155,151,377 |
18,571,050 |
157,270 |
|
Dominique Cerutti (President & Deputy Chief Executive Officer) |
155,443,090 |
18,169,914 |
266,693 |
|
André Bergen |
154,022,758 |
19,487,342 |
369,597 |
|
Ellyn L. Brown |
145,528,328 |
28,050,088 |
301,281 |
|
Patricia M. Cloherty |
154,160,624 |
19,438,966 |
280,107 |
|
Sir George Cox |
155,232,316 |
18,363,840 |
283,541 |
|
Sylvain Hefes |
145,349,888 |
28,214,180 |
315,649 |
|
Duncan M. McFarland |
141,690,354 |
31,931,313 |
258,030 |
|
James J. McNulty |
141,295,171 |
32,316,336 |
268,190 |
|
Robert G. Scott |
155,451,861 |
18,166,016 |
261,820 |
|
Jackson P. Tai |
153,167,734 |
20,454,071 |
257,892 |
|
Rijnhard van Tets |
155,376,807 |
18,209,389 |
293,501 |
|
Sir Brian Williamson |
140,332,161 |
33,290,476 |
257,060 |
- Mr. Salgado did not receive a majority of the votes cast; his totals are set forth below. As part of the requirements of the Company’s bylaws, Mr. Salgado tendered his resignation to the Board. After due consideration, the Board accepted Mr. Salgado’s resignation.
|
Director |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
|
Ricardo Salgado |
79,913,060 |
93,625,591 |
341,046 |
- 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 2012 |
213,287,739 |
1,642,853 |
857,839 |
|
Non-binding advisory vote on a Company proposal to approve executive compensation |
98,613,748 |
74,365,917 |
900,032 |
|
Stockholder proposal regarding the power of stockholders to call special meetings |
102,917,646 |
68,639,988 |
2,322,063 |
In addition to the figures provided above, there were 41,908,734 broker non-votes for each of the proposals with the exception of the ratification of auditors, which had zero.
