Yahoo! announces corrected election results from Aug. 1 meeting

By Lisa Kerner

Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 5 - Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., an independent voting intermediary, corrected errors it made in reporting director votes from Yahoo! Inc.'s annual meeting on Aug. 1.

When Broadridge reported voting results for "withholds", a truncation error occurred in reporting share numbers that exceeded eight digits.

Yahoo!'s inspector of elections, Corporate Election Services, notified the company of the correction, according to a Yahoo! news release.

The errors did not affect the outcome of the election and no errors were reported with respect to the other proposals presented at the annual meeting, the release noted.

Corrected election results:

Director	Shares for	% For	Withheld	% Withheld
Roy J. Bostock	632,023,657	60.4%	414,071,927	39.6%
Ronald W. Burkle	649,373,291	62.1%	396,722,293	37.9%
Eric Hippeau	948,862,579	90.7%	97,233,005	9.3%
Vyomesh Joshi	971,594,650	92.9%	74,500,934	7.1%
Arthur H. Kern	714,871,925	68.3%	331,223,659	31.7%
Robert A. Kotick	967,044,818	92.4%	79,050,766	7.6%
Mary Agnes Wilderotter	964,939,727	92.2%	81,155,857	7.8%
Gary L. Wilson	756,006,576	72.3%	290,089,008	27.7%
Jerry Yang	693,055,602	66.3%	353,039,982	33.7%
Previously reported results:
Director	Shares For	% For	Withheld	% Withheld
Roy J. Bostock	832,023,657	79.5%	214,071,927	20.5%
Ronald W. Burkle	849,373,291	81.2%	196,722,293	18.8%
Eric Hippeau	948,862,579	90.7%	97,233,005	9.3%
Vyomesh Joshi	971,594,650	92.9%	74,500,934	7.1%
Arthur H. Kern	814,871,925	77.9%	231,223,659	22.1%
Robert A. Kotick	967,044,818	92.4%	79,050,766	7.6%
Mary Agnes Wilderotter	964,939,727	92.2%	81,155,857	7.8%
Gary L. Wilson	856,006,576	81.8%	190,089,008	18.2%
Jerry Yang	893,055,602	85.4%	153,039,982	14.6%
	On Aug. 1, Yahoo! announced that its stockholders reelected all of the company's nominees to its board of directors.
	Carl Icahn was appointed to the board to fill the seat vacated by Robert Kotick who resigned as part of a previously announced settlement agreement, it was previously reported.
	The board voted to expand to 11 members from 9 members and expects to name two new directors by Aug. 15.
	Total shares represented at the meeting were 1,046,095,584, representing 75.8% of the 1,381,008,701 shares outstanding as of the June 3 record date, according to a prior Yahoo! news release.
	Stockholders also ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Sunnyvale, Calif., internet services company's independent registered public accounting firm.
	However, stockholders rejected proposals relating to a pay-for-superior-performance principle for executive compensation, the establishment of policies on internet censorship and the creation of a board committee on human rights.

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