Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Dutch panel urges stricter shareholder disclosure

(Reuters) - Those owning stakes of 3 percent or more of a Dutch
company's shares should report their holdings to the Dutch
market regulator AFM, instead of the current reporting
requirement of 5 percent, the Monitoring Commission on the
Corporate Governance Code said in a statement.




The commission also recommended that the code be revised so
that stakeholders must hold at least 3 percent of a Dutch
company's shares in order to have the right to put items up for
a vote at shareholders' meetings. The current threshold is 1
percent.


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