other
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.25
Gannett shareholders approve officer exculpation; reject supermajority and majority voting changes
USA TODAY Co., Inc.
- Officer exculpation charter amendment passed with 100.9M votes for (67% of outstanding shares).
- Majority voting bylaw amendment failed, receiving 101.9M votes for (69% of outstanding) but requiring 80%.
- Three supermajority elimination proposals each failed, receiving ~101.7M votes for, below 80% threshold.
- All nine director nominees elected with >100M votes for each; Grant Thornton ratified (120.4M for).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 100.2M votes for (98% of votes cast).