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On Monday, which returns to the main executive director of the shareholders, after commanding the payment package of $ 60 million in a sharp return to the top of the company, and his shares at a five -year minimum.
After he was appointed CEO on May 13, Stephen Hamsley was awarded $ 60 million in stocks, which began to pay three years later. According to the institutional joint -stock services, which was awarded, the salary “causes significant problems” because it was rewarded and has no efficiency criteria that recommended to vote against Hamley’s compensation.
The shareholder asked the council during the meeting whether the payment of Hamley was justified, but Unitedhealth said his compensation was appropriate. The company said the investors approved the pay package, but the voting details were unavailable.
Hamley, 72, previously served Unitedhealth From 2006 to 2017, he oversee the strong growth of the company and its shares. With a return as a chapter, Unitedhealth simultaneously recalled their income recommendations. At the annual meeting of the company on Monday, Hamley said that on July 29, the rest of this year would publish new revenue recommendations and forecast for 2026.
“It is clear that we were wrong,” Hamley said about the campaign’s performance this year.
Meanwhile, Norges Bank Investment Management, Sovereign Welfare Fund for Norway $ 1.8 TN and 11th largest shareholder Unitedhealth, said he voted against Hamley because it occupies both the chairman’s main executive and role. The company’s shares this year decreased by 40 percent, making it the worst performer in the Dow Industrials index.
Management Problems – This is just one of the litany problems facing Hamley when it rewrites the Giant Health Giant after an amazing The resignation of former head Andrew Viti And on December 4, the murder of senior executive Brian Thompson.
Sources close to the campaign said that Thompson or “BT”, as it was known in the company, is widely regarded as the most likely candidate, who eventually, which is the result of the absorption of the executive power. His murder outside the Hotel on Manhattan has created a problem for continuity for the company.
Unitedhealth is one of the world’s largest medical companies providing medical care for about 51 million, including about 1 million outside the United States as of December 2024, Morningstar reports. It manages the pharmacy business, and its health care department was the largest caregiver in the US, Morningstar said.
Unitedhealth is fighting the US Department of Justice for trying to purchase 3.3 billion competitor Company company Medicare. Unitedhealth said he did not know about the new investigation. At the annual meeting, the company refused to comment on state investigations, saying that it had already revealed what was required.
The company’s profits’ growth depended on its acquisitions, said Wit, my Leerink analyst, an investment firm. “The main element (its) growth depended on the inorganic engine,” he said. Now, if the Ministry of Justice is attentive to the UnitedHealth, “Will they be able to buy at the same pace?”
UnitedHealth will face a difficult task in the next few months, Page Meyer said, CFRA analyst. The company still felt from the Covid-19 pandemic, she said. “People stopped help during the pandemic,” and now that people have resumed services, “expenses is extremely high” for UnitedHealth.
An additional report by Andrew Jack in New York
