NYSE disallows broker voting of uninstructed shares on corporate governance proposals

Posted on January 31, 2012

On January 25, NYSE Euronext announced that it would no longer permit broker voting of uninstructed shares in the case of certain corporate governance proposals previously categorized as "Broker May Vote". The change in policy follows the elimination of discretionary voting by brokers in director elections in 2010 and the prohibition introduced by the Dodd-Frank Act respecting discretionary voting by brokers on executive compensation.

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