Not exact matches
The company has long been accused of getting unwarranted
support from governments while maintaining a management structure that's been criticized for failing to produce
sufficient shareholder returns.
Rio Tinto has received binding commitments from the two major CMOC
shareholders holding 69 per cent of CMOC shares to
support the transaction, which is
sufficient for the relevant
shareholder resolutions to be passed.
On the morning of the special
shareholders meeting and vote, March 28, 2008, Management and the Board decided to remove its recommendation for the merger since their was not
sufficient support for such a transaction — in fact, the proxies for voting that had already been submitted overwhelmingly voted against the transaction as outlined by Management at that meeting.