proxy contest

基本解释

Icahn’s botched proxy contest in 2008 was a bit of an embarrassment to watch.
2008年，伊坎的代理权之争以失败告终，有点令人难堪。
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And the legal issues arised in the operations are discussed in the following Chapter II, which consists of three parts: assets (stock) purchase model, trust model, and proxy contest model.
第二章是对其中三种并购法律模式的特点和在实践中出现的法律问题的具体分析，分为资产（股份）购买式并购、委托管理式并购和委托书征集式并购三个小节。
Special structure of the board in which only a percentage of the board can be elected at one time, effectively preventing the acquiror from acquiring control of the company through proxy contest.
一种特定的董事会结构，规定一次只能选举一定比例的董事，从而有效地避免收购方通过代理权之争获得公司的控制权。

He fought a costly but entertaining proxy contest to oust the entire Yahoo!
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Thursday they went even further in an effort to avoid defeat in a proxy contest set to reach its climax.
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Advisers for the Elliott side believed that they would have prevailed in their proxy contest and won all five board seats.
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