other
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.15
Gannett annual meeting results: all directors elected, governance proposals fail
USA TODAY Co., Inc.
- All nine director nominees elected; top vote-getter Barbara Wall with 98.87M votes for.
- Ratified Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2022: 118.7M for, 542,559 against, 205,104 abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 86.08M for, 13.94M against.
- Majority voting amendment failed: 99.49M for, but required 80% supermajority of outstanding shares.
- Proposals to eliminate supermajority voting provisions also failed (each ~99.4-99.5M for, not reaching 80% threshold).