P&G boardroom brawl nears decision day
Tuesday's shareholder vote at Procter & Gamble pits it against activist investor - hedge-fund chief Nelson Peltz
New York
A COSTLY months-long battle over the direction of one of America's biggest companies culminates on Tuesday with a shareholder vote at Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati.
The fight pits the maker of Gillette razors and Olay soap against activist investor Nelson Peltz, 75, a billionaire hedge fund chief who has pitched himself as the outsider needed to reignite P&G, the largest company by market capitalisation ever to face a proxy battle.
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