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Article: Women Directors Advance in 2004 Spencer Stuart Board Index; Editors: This release corrects the original issued on August 30, which inaccurately stated the composition of the Board of Directors of Golden West Financial Corporation and Avon.
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- September 21, 2004
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NEW YORK, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- New research by Spencer Stuart, the global executive recruiting firm, reveals a significant increase in new women directors in 2004.
Of the 443 new independent directors reported in S&P 500 company proxies in 2004, 105, or 24 percent, were women compared to 74, or 19 percent of new directors in 2003. Spencer Stuart said it believes this was the largest number of new women directors ever added to S&P 500 companies in one year. Overall, the number of new independent directors in 2004 was 13 percent higher than in 2003.
Companies with the greatest percentage of women directors included Golden West Financial Corporation ...