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Japan Chemicals Firm CEO Fights to Keep Job as Investors Revolt


In a sign of rising shareholders’ activism, a president of a semiconductor material maker is at risk of getting voted out of office at the firm’s annual general meeting Saturday.

In a sign of rising shareholders’ activism, a president of a semiconductor material maker is at risk of getting voted out of office at the firm’s annual general meeting Saturday. Eiji Sato is facing an uphill battle to be re-appointed as president and CEO of Taiyo Holdings Co., a position he has held since 2011, after some shareholders criticized his response to various acquisition proposals as being too slow.

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