61. It has asked them to put their options programs to shareholder votes in the future. 62. It remains unclear whether Northrop will now be willing to agree to the provision because it lost the shareholder vote. 63. ITT, a Las Vegas-based hotel and casino operator, wants to do the breakup without putting it to a shareholder vote. 64. Just two business days before the shareholder vote, HP completed arrangements for a multibillion-dollar credit line involving Deutsche Bank, according to Hewlett. 65. Just today, RJR confirmed that LeBow won a recent nonbinding shareholder vote urging the board to spin off Nabisco immediately. 66. Less than two weeks away from crucial shareholder votes, the outcome is too close to call. 67. Last month, Fleming Cos. filed suit to fend off an investor who wants a binding shareholder vote to force the grocery wholesaler to drop its own anti-takeover defense. 68. LeBow and Icahn could still force a shareholder proxy vote on a spinoff, dividend increase or a merger with Liggett. 69. Most merger plans are overwhelmingly ratified in shareholder votes, but this proxy contest is expected to be exceedingly close. 70. News of the shareholder vote was disclosed after the close of trading. |
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