SEC Staff Denies H-P's Request to Exclude Pill Proposal

The Securities and Exchange Commission staff has rebuffed a request by Hewlett-Packard to omit an investor proposal that seeks a bylaw or charter amendment to require a shareholder vote on any future "poison pill" takeover defense.
Four other companies have filed no-action requests to exclude 2007 bylaw proposals that are similar to the resolution at H-P, but it was not known as of press time whether the SEC staff had ruled on those requests.