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Myners eyes new non-voting shares

By Tony Tassell

Published: August 13 2009 23:29 | Last updated: August 13 2009 23:29

Companies should issue non-voting shares to allow more activist shareholders to take a greater role in corporate governance issues, Lord Myners has suggested, in the latest of a flurry of controversial ideas put forward by the City minister.

Under the latest proposal, Lord Myners said companies could make a 1-for-1 issue of non-voting shares to existing shareholders. These could then be traded in the market alongside voting shares.

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