leadership
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.75
Disney shareholders re-elect all 12 board nominees; reject activist slates from Trian and Blackwells
Walt Disney Co
- All 12 Disney-nominated directors elected; Nelson Peltz received ~370M votes (31% of votes cast, excluding broker non-votes).
- Shareholders approved amendment to 2011 Stock Plan, increasing authorized shares from 179M to 294M (115M new shares).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with ~79% support; PwC ratified as auditor with ~95% support.
- All five shareholder proposals (political spending, gender transition benefits, charitable contributions, termination payments, bylaw repeal) failed.
- Preliminary results subject to final certification; ~69% of outstanding shares were represented at the meeting.