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.
據報道，軟銀集團股份有限公司（OTC：SFTBY）(OTC：SFTBF) 的首席執行官孫正義去年股東支持率從95.93%下降至79.22%。這是因爲董事會代理投票顧問機構Institutional Shareholder Services（ISS）反對孫正義的連任。
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.
根據路透社報道，ISS建議反對孫正義的連任，理由是日本軟銀過去5年的平均淨資產收益率不到5%。這一信息在週二的股市申報文件中披露。
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的連任也面臨股東支持率下降，從去年的66.9%降至68.46%。
SoftBank has yet to respond to queries sent by Benzinga.
截至發稿時間，BenZinga未獲得軟銀方面的回應。
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.
孫正義連任支持率下降的時候，激進投資者Elliott Investment Management正在對抗軟銀。Elliott要求軟銀進行150億美元的股票回購，質疑孫正義是否從願景基金的過錯中吸取教訓。
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.
儘管如此，日本軟銀的股票今年上漲了近50%，這得益於芯片設計師Arm Holdings Plc的驚人上漲，該公司自去年上市以來的股票價格已經翻了兩倍以上。
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，孫正義仍然毫不退縮，並準備投資大量的人工智能（AI），強調軟銀別無選擇，只能冒這個風險。孫正義最近曾表示對出售公司在NVIDIA Corp的股份並錯過潛在收益高達1570億美元的決定感到遺憾。
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
本報道使用Benzinga Neuro生成，並由Pooja Rajkumari編輯
譯文內容由第三人軟體翻譯。