Bizjournals.com- CSX Corp. and the activist hedge funds engaged in a proxy contest with the railroad will make their cases to gain the recommendation of a company many institutional investors rely on when casting shareholder votes.
RiskMetrics Group, a proxy advisory company, will hold a special governance forum at 11 a.m. June 9 in anticipation of CSX’s annual meeting June 25 in New Orleans. The forum, to be webcast, will involve representatives of CSX (NYSE: CSX) and hedge funds The Children’s Investment Fund Management LLP and 3G Capital Partners Ltd.
The hedge funds have teamed to nominate five people to CSX’s 12-member board and make several shareholder proposals.