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Europe remains wedded to anti-takeover measures

The main corporate governance weakness at European companies is their fondness for anti-takeover provisions.

An analysis of about 3,000 global companies by GovernanceMetrics International, a US research firm, highlighted more than 120 European companies with anti-takeover measures or other impediments to the free exercise of ownership rights. The group also identified 75 European companies with weak standards of board accountability.

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