Monday, July 16, 2007

Lear Corp. shareholders reject Icahn bid

(Reuters) - The company said the offer from Icahn's American Real Estate Partners LP was not supported by a majority of shareholders who voted at its annual meeting in Wilmington, Delaware.




Lear's board of directors had recommended that shareholders approve the sweetened $3 billion, or $37.25 per share, offer. But it met opposition from influential advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services as well as Lear's second-biggest shareholder, Pzena Investment Management LLC, and the California State Teachers' Retirement System, which argued that it undervalued the company.


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