Disney may have nudged Nelson Peltz farther from its board as giant BlackRock is said to be backing the company’s slate of directors.
The firm is Disney’s second-largest shareholder at about 4.2%. The news, first reported in the Wall Street Journal, followed T.
Rowe Price, an 0.5% owner, coming out in support of CEO Bob Iger and Disney as shareholders head into the last day of voting ahead of the annual meeting set for Wednesday at 10 am ET/1 am PT.
The board has over the past three months been the focus of the most expensive proxy fight on record pitting directors and CEO Bob Iger against Peltz, the billionaire activist investor who has pounded Disney on strategy, stock price and, mainly, poor succession planning.
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