They also approved a proposal to ask the board to make it easier for large shareholders to place their own board candidates on shareholder ballots.
The company also said that Mr. Case, whose resignation as chairman will take effect at the May annual meeting, will appear on the shareholder ballots for re-election as a director.
In January, A.I.G. denied the union's request to include such a proposal on its May shareholders' ballot.
If an initial shareholder vote goes against the deal, JP Morgan can keep insisting upon re-ballots for up to a year.
Under current corporate election rules, boards handpick director nominees and send shareholders a ballot, known as a proxy ballot since most shareholders don't attend the meeting but vote by this paper proxy.
As things stand the incumbent board sends shareholders a ballot, or proxy, listing its preferred candidates.
Those proposals, which were backed by Institutional Shareholder Services, a proxy voting firm which advises major investors, received the support of 33 and 36%, respectively, of shareholders casting ballots.
(Reuters) - When Disney shareholders vote to re-elect directors at its annual meeting in March, neither Steve Jobs' wife nor a representative from his trust will be on the ballot, even though the trust is the media company's largest shareholder.
There is no equivalent proposal from the government to require companies to ballot shareholders or to place a cap on donations from wealthy people when funding the Conservative party.
To get nominees on the proxy-card ballot, shareholders would have to own their shares for at least a year and would need substantial ownership stakes of at least 1 percent for large firms and 5 percent for small firms.
