Thursday 6 September 2012

Company loses binding pay vote, world does not end

Sports Direct was blocked in its attempt to set up a new bonus plan for Mike Ashley (no laughing). The other interesting point about this one is that the plan was proposed with a special resolution, so needed 75% to get through.

As we know from the debate about exec pay reform earlier this year, a combination of a binding vote and a higher threshold to pass is bordering on a Khmer Rouge approach. As such there can be no doubt that a) Sports Direct will be plunged into an existential crisis as a result of this vote and b) shareholders will be hugely disappointed with this outcome. 

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