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Hyundai Picks Up Key Support in Proxy Fight
Hyundai Motor Co. and its parts affiliate Hyundai Mobis gained the support of a key shareholder today in their effort to fend off proxy proposals by activist U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management Corp.
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Hyundai Motor Co. and parts supplier Hyundai Mobis gained the support of a key shareholder in their effort to fend off proxy proposals by activist U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management Corp.
South Korea’s National Pension Service, the second-largest shareholder of both companies, says it considers Elliott’s proposal “excessive” and declares it will back the companies’ reform plan. The proposals face a shareholder vote on March 22.
For a year Elliott has criticized what it considers excess capital retention by both companies. Hyundai and Mobis have offered to pay shareholders a combined $2.9 billion in dividends and/or buybacks. Elliott, which demands seats on the boards of both companies, wants them to make a one-time shareholder payout of 7 trillion won ($6.2 billion).
Elliott also has called for Hyundai, its Kia Motors affiliate and Mobis to simplify their complex ownership structure. Currently, Hyundai Mobis owns about 21% of Hyundai Motor, which owns 34% of Kia, which owns 17% of Mobis.
Elliott and other critics claims the now-abandoned restructuring plan offered last year by Hyundai Group appeared designed to fortify the founding Chung family’s control rather than produce a more transparent and efficient corporate structure.
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