Proxy Advisers ISS, PIRC Back Whitbread Board, Urge Shareholders to Reject Corvex's Resolution

MT Newswires · 3d ago
07:18 AM EDT, 10/26/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Whitbread (WTB.L) received support from ISS and PIRC after the proxy advisers each recommended that shareholders vote against investor Corvex Management's bid to place a director on the board, according to a Monday filing. The hospitality company said the recommendations bolstered its view that adding Corvex's nominee James Gemmel is "unnecessary" and could potentially disrupt the execution of its current five-year plan, which it noted was "already delivering early results" following its latest half-year results. Additionally, Whitbread pointed out that the proxy adviser Glass Lewis concurred with the majority of the company's core arguments, even as it supported Corvex's proposal.