The rejection of the BP CEO’s pay package doesn’t make a ‘shareholder spring’. But it’s put a big boot into big pay
“Good God – but people don’t do that sort of thing!” The closing line from Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler came to mind as news of the shareholder revolt at BP’s annual meeting – over the chief executive’s £14m pay package – came through last week.
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