Third of Pearson's shareholders vote against CEO's £7.2m pay package
Former Disney chairman Andy Bird is to take up job at education publishing group in October
Pearson has suffered a significant shareholder revolt against controversial changes to its remuneration policy, which will grant its new chief executive a multimillion-dollar pay package.
Almost a third of investors in the FTSE 100 educational publishing group voted against the plans, which will award a $9.3m (£7.2m) one-off payment to the incoming boss, Andy Bird.
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