SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Sees Shareholder Support Plunge For His Reappointment After Proxy Advisor's Recommendation: Report
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Sees Shareholder Support Plunge For His Reappointment After Proxy Advisor's Recommendation: Report
SoftBank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) CEO Masayoshi Son has reportedly seen a significant drop in shareholder support for his reappointment, falling from 95.93% to 79.22% in a year. This follows a recommendation by proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) against his reappointment.
据报道，软银集团股份有限公司（OTC：SFTBY）(OTC：SFTBF) 的首席执行官孙正义去年股东支持率从95.93%下降至79.22%。这是因为董事会代理投票顾问机构Institutional Shareholder Services（ISS）反对孙正义的连任。
What Happened: The decline in support for Son's reappointment was driven by the ISS' recommendation, which cited SoftBank's average return on equity of less than 5% over the past five years, Reuters reported. This was revealed in a stock market filing on Tuesday.
根据路透社报道，ISS建议反对孙正义的连任，理由是日本软银过去5年的平均净资产收益率不到5%。这一信息在周二的股市申报文件中披露。
Notably, the reappointment of external director Kenneth Siegel also faced a decrease in shareholder support, dropping to 68.46% from 66.9% last year.
值得注意的是，外部董事Kenneth Siegel的连任也面临股东支持率下降，从去年的66.9%降至68.46%。
SoftBank has yet to respond to queries sent by Benzinga.
截至发稿时间，BenZinga未获得软银方面的回应。
Why It Matters: The drop in support for Son's reappointment comes at a time when activist investor Elliott Investment Management has taken a bold stance against SoftBank. Elliott has demanded a $15 billion share buyback, questioning whether Son has learned from past mistakes at the Vision Fund.
孙正义连任支持率下降的时候，激进投资者Elliott Investment Management正在对抗软银。Elliott要求软银进行150亿美元的股票回购，质疑孙正义是否从愿景基金的过错中吸取教训。
Despite this, SoftBank's stock has surged nearly 50% this year, driven by the impressive rally of Arm Holdings Plc, the chip designer it controls, whose shares have more than tripled since going public last year.
尽管如此，日本软银的股票今年上涨了近50%，这得益于芯片设计师Arm Holdings Plc的惊人上涨，该公司自去年上市以来的股票价格已经翻了两倍以上。
Son, however, remains undeterred and is preparing for a significant AI investment, emphasizing that SoftBank has no choice but to take the risk. Son had recently expressed regret over the decision to sell the company's stake in NVIDIA Corp and missing out on a potential $157 billion windfall.
然而，孙正义仍然毫不退缩，并准备投资大量的人工智能（AI），强调软银别无选择，只能冒这个风险。孙正义最近曾表示对出售公司在NVIDIA Corp的股份并错过潜在收益高达1570亿美元的决定感到遗憾。
Photo by Nobuyuki Hayashi on Shutterstock
shutterstock上的照片，作者：Nobuyuki Hayashi。
This story was generated using Benzinga Neuro and edited by Pooja Rajkumari
本报道使用Benzinga Neuro生成，并由Pooja Rajkumari编辑