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Article: Hill-Rom Announces Corporate Governance Enhancements.
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- October 6, 2009
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BATESVILLE, Ind., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved enhancements to the Company's corporate governance policies. The enhancements include:
-- Implementation of majority voting in uncontested elections. The
Board has amended the Company's Corporate Governance Standards to
provide for a majority voting standard for the election of directors
in uncontested elections. Under the new standard, any nominee for
director who receives a greater number of votes 'withheld' from his or
her election than votes 'for' such election shall promptly ...