Barclays Stung By Shareholder Revolt On Top Pay

PA  |  Posted: 27/04/2012 15:57 Updated: 27/04/2012 15:57   PA

Barclays Shareholder Revolt

Barclays was stung by shareholders today after nearly a third of their votes failed to back the bank's bumper pay awards.

Following a heated annual meeting, Barclays revealed that 32% of investors voted against or withheld votes for the bank's pay report, while 24% failed to back remuneration committee chairman Alison Carnwath.

Chief executive Bob Diamond sparked anger among shareholders when it emerged he would receive £17.7 million in salary, bonus, benefits and vested long-term share awards last year, despite admitting his bank's performance was "unacceptable" in 2011.

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Barclays was stung by shareholders today after nearly a third of their votes failed to back the bank's bumper pay awards. Following a heated annual meeting, Barclays revealed that 32% of investors ...
Barclays was stung by shareholders today after nearly a third of their votes failed to back the bank's bumper pay awards. Following a heated annual meeting, Barclays revealed that 32% of investors ...
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meddleman
06:46 PM on 04/28/2012
There is a story in today's Times of a child who counted out the coins in her granny's piggy bank. The total was £80 and her mother bagged them all up and took the weighty bags to the nearest bank which happened to be Barclays. She was not an account holder but asked, after a lengthy queue, if they would change the coins into notes. Barclays refused as it was against their policy. There's community banking for you. I think it's safe to say that with the exception of around 30% of its shareholders Barclays PLC is a completely amoral organisation. Not only that, as everyone who has ever had dealings with them knows, they are frighteningly inefficient.
03:36 PM on 04/28/2012
If shareholders can make their voices known and get something done WHY CANT THE ELECTORATE HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD BY THOSE WHO SIT IN POWER, Elected by us.
Are they all posh boys , career politicians ?
Have any of them ever had experience in the normal workforce?
I am not talking about interning for a friend of daddys, I mean WORK.
We should be able to oust those in power who do not deliver, not only Prime Minister and Cabinet Members but also MPs
Especially those who abuise expenses
03:02 PM on 04/28/2012
even though this pay deal is totally wrong it's not as much as some footballers are paid.my point is yes it's wrong but there is nothing anyone can do about it and they are laughing in the face of 'the little people'
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Blockem1
When will our politicians start putting policies
02:16 PM on 04/28/2012
Apart from the fact that it is a ridiculous amount of money to pay someone , what is even more galling is that as a percentage of income he will be paying a less in tax than someone on £25k .
02:06 PM on 04/28/2012
Renumeration commitee chairman to Bob Diamond. ' We value your job this year as worth £17 million. Do you want this or should we pay you less '? Bob Diamond ' Err '
I don't think so.
12:28 PM on 04/28/2012
Sack this Guy and provide 1200 unemployed people with Job's.... Instead of them claiming benefits from the state !.
northern git
fed up with all the political crap in life
01:46 PM on 04/28/2012
if only
12:26 PM on 04/28/2012
£17.7M for one years work !!!!..... Thats equal to a wage of £15K per year for 1200 ordinary folk doing normal jobs like plumbing or electrical work !.

What does this guy do, that requiers 1200 time more effort that than what a typical Plumber has to do in the same year ?.
northern git
fed up with all the political crap in life
01:51 PM on 04/28/2012
£34000 A WEEK

AND HIS LOT WOULD CHARGE JOE PUBLIC £38 FOR GOING 10P OVERDRAWN


now there is an injustice for you

more like legalised theft


especially given that I had to work two years to get what his board gave him for A WEEK of so called work
12:12 PM on 04/28/2012
politicians both sides and the institutional investors are all guilty for allowing the "PARTY" to continue on bankers remuneration while shareholders, employees and customers all suffer. Unacceptable performance or in other words performance where these bankers should be fired with no compensation
12:00 PM on 04/28/2012
It's obscene - no one is worth a kick back of £17.7 million, whoever they are, whatever they do for a living, and this, after admitting the bank's performance was ' unacceptable' last year.
Any right minded person would feel ashamed - raking off that much cash for underperformance, I despair, I despair, I despair !
02:00 PM on 04/28/2012
I bet Wayne Rooney's on not short of £15 million a year. Is he worth it?
northern git
fed up with all the political crap in life
03:30 PM on 04/28/2012
NO NO AND NO
10:43 AM on 04/28/2012
definitely overpaid for poor performance. I say , only in the UK
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flumeinsummer
09:34 AM on 04/28/2012
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cynic123
09:19 AM on 04/28/2012
"O" I forgot to say this is why I closed my account with them after 48 years.
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cynic123
09:16 AM on 04/28/2012
Diamond is starting to look like a faded gem
northern git
fed up with all the political crap in life
03:30 PM on 04/28/2012
TARNISHED surely
08:49 AM on 04/28/2012
Is this person worth £17m per year. Does he realise that we could employ 300 nurses, 200 policemen and 100 teachers for the same amount. Fact is he is not worth one of them as he is just another greedy parasite that the government should be addressing rather than taxing pensioners.
Question. Who pays more for their energy bills, this greedy parasite or an an unemployed family man who actually can't afford to pay his bills?
Answer. You guessed correct if you said the unemployed person as he will pay up to 20% more for his gas and electric depending on what deals the parasite can squeeze from his supplier. This cannot be acceptable.