In addition, the US has at least partially funded, supported, equipped, advised, and promoted proxy wars there, involving Ethiopian troops back in 2007 and more recently Ugandan and Burundi troops (as well as an invading Kenyan army).
"Sadly," Mr. Hackborn said in a statement, "Walter Hewlett's decision to wage an ill-advised proxy fight opposing H.P.'s merger with Compaq deeply conflicts with my and the H.P. board's belief that the merger represents the very best way to deliver the value and growth H.P.'s shareholders, customers and employees deserve".
It is only the latest development in a whirlwind for Disney in which scores of state pension funds, mutual companies and clients advised by two influential proxy advisers have called on the board to act.
Patient exclusion criteria were language barrier without a proxy, physician advised against inclusion (elder-abuse, physically aggressive, medically unwell and/or infectious) and dementia/unresolved delirium without a proxy.
In 1986 she joined Monks at his firm called Institutional Shareholder Services, where they advised institutional investors on proxy voting and used their podium to campaign against poison pills and insider directors.
"We're looking at a bumper crop of proxy fights," said Patrick McGurn, special counsel at Institutional Shareholder Services, which advises shareholders on proxy voting.
DealBook » "We're looking at a bumper crop of proxy fights," said Patrick McGurn, special counsel at Institutional Shareholder Services, which advises shareholders on proxy voting.
The Investor Responsibility Research Center, a nonprofit group in Washington that advises institutions on proxy issues, has already counted 893 resolutions this year through Friday, compared with 802 for all of 2002's proxies.
Patrick S. McGurn, a vice president at Institutional Shareholder Services, which advises shareholders on proxy matters, would extend the ban to the boards of former clients, lest recruiters-cum-directors defend mediocre executives whom their firms had placed.
"Investors are seeking a new gold standard for corporate governance, and they are putting a lot of companies onto their post-Enron punch list," said Patrick S. McGurn, senior vice president of Institutional Shareholder Services, which advises institutions on proxy matters.
The Weyerhaeuser Company's bid to gain three seats on the board of its rival, Willamette Industries, won the backing of a second consulting firm that advises shareholders on proxy votes.
