PayPal Holdings, Inc. | Right of Shareholders to Call Special Meetings at PayPal Holdings, Inc.

Status
Filed
Previous AGM date
Resolution details
Company ticker
PYPL
Lead filer
Resolution ask
Adopt or amend a policy
ESG theme
  • Governance
ESG sub-theme
  • Shareholder rights
Type of vote
Shareholder proposal
Filer type
Shareholder
Company sector
Financials
Company HQ country
United States
Resolved clause
RESOLVED : Shareholders ask our board to take the steps necessary to amend the appropriate company governing documents to give the owners of a combined 10% of our outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareholder meeting. Such a special shareholder meeting can be an easy to convene online shareholder meeting.
Supporting statement
There shall be no unnecessary poison pill discriminatory rule to require ownership of shares for a specific period of time in order for shares to participate in calling for a special shareholder meeting and no unnecessary requirement that most such shareholders be record holders. To make up for our complete lack of a right to act by written consent we need the right of 10% of shares to call for a special shareholder meeting. Hundreds of major companies provide shareholders with the right to act by written consent. Companies, that do not provide for a shareholder right to act by written consent, can have a more reasonable stock ownership threshold to call for a special shareholder meeting. Southwest Airlines is an example of a company that does not provide for shareholder written consent and yet provides for 10% of shares to call for a special shareholder meeting. Calling a special shareholder meeting is hardly ever used by shareholders but the main point of the right to call a special shareholder meeting is that it gives shareholders a Plan B option if management is not interested in good faith shareholder engagement. This proposal received 44% support at the 2025 PayPal Holdings (PYPL) annual meeting without any special effort by the proponent. This was in spite of the PYPL special effort against the 2025 proposal. PYPL made a special EDGAR filing opposing the 2025 proposal. This 44% support likely represented more than 50% shareholder support from the PYPL shares that have access to independent proxy voting advice which gives these shareholders insight to both sides of this important issue. A special shareholder meeting can be called to introduce a company to a new strategy. Making it less difficult for shareholders to call a special shareholder meeting may be an incentive for the PYPL directors and executives to develop a turnaround strategy on their own. PYPL sorely needs a turnaround. PYPL stock was at $310 in 2021 and fell to $60 in late 2025. The 5-year total return for PYPL is minus-65%.

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