Darkbeer
02-26-2004, 01:12 PM
NY Pension Fund Wants Disney's Eisner Replaced (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=industryNews&storyID=4449011§ion=news) - Reuters, 2/26/04
QuikQuote: New York Comptroller Alan Hevesi on Thursday called on Walt Disney Co. to replace Chief Executive and Chairman Michael Eisner and said the state retirement fund would not support Eisner's reelection to the board next week.
"I call on Disney directors to separate the positions of chairman and chief executive and to replace Mr. Eisner as soon as possible," said Hevesi, who is sole trustee of the nation's second-largest pension fund, the New York State Common Retirement Fund.
QuikQuote: New York Comptroller Alan Hevesi on Thursday called on Walt Disney Co. to replace Chief Executive and Chairman Michael Eisner and said the state retirement fund would not support Eisner's reelection to the board next week.
"I call on Disney directors to separate the positions of chairman and chief executive and to replace Mr. Eisner as soon as possible," said Hevesi, who is sole trustee of the nation's second-largest pension fund, the New York State Common Retirement Fund.