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March 28, 2008

CalPERS Won’t Support Lily CEO

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) said yesterday that it plans to withhold re-election votes for three directors of Eli Lilly and Co.

 

 

Among those directors is John Lechleiter, who is slated to become the company's CEO next week, according to Reuters.

 

CalPERS said that Lechleiter, Alfred Gilman, and Karen Horn are accountable for a weak stock price and bad corporate governance policies, according to Reuters.

 

"It was on their watch that Eli Lilly experienced severe stock underperformance, poor corporate governance practices, and was unresponsive to shareowners," said Russell Read, CalPERS' chief investment officer , said in a statement.


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