outgoing CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, will remain a member of the board of administration of the U.S. computer group, according to SEC filings published for the general meeting of shareholders.
Microsoft had announced in August that Steve Ballmer, aged 57, was leaving his position as CEO within a year.
However, it is on the list of candidates for re-election to the Board, which will be submitted to shareholders at a general meeting held on November 19 from 1500 GMT Bellevue, a suburb of Seattle (Washington, northwest of the United States), according to the paper stock.
Issue governance?
The list includes eight other names, including the co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, some investors want to see him leave his post as chairman of the board.
“Gates and Ballmer to the board, it means no independence for the (future) CEO,” laments the 247wallst.com analysis site.
Steve Ballmer remains for now in control Microsoft pending the appointment of his successor. Among the speculations in specialized media, insistently, despite denials early September, the name of the boss of Ford, Alan Mulally, considered a specialist business adjustments
area.: a dismal failure
Microsoft, founded in 1975, seems stalled amid crisis in the PC market, which its software (Windows, Office) are closely associated.
Editor Steve Ballmer, he clearly missed the shift to mobile, dominated by its rivals Apple and Google. His recent attempt to enter the tablet computer market with the area resulted in a humiliating impairment charge of nearly a billion dollars in its latest quarterly results.
Steve Ballmer of also saw his compensation fall: in the year 2013, it will reach a total of $ 1.26 million against 1.32 million the previous year (-4%). His base salary was however increased from 685,000 to $ 697,500 (2%), but the bonus linked to its results, was reduced from 620,000 to $ 550,000 (-11%). (with AFP)