Xstrata’s Investors Approve a Takeover by Glencore

Glencore's CEO Ivan Glasenberg and Xstrata's CEO Mick Davis (Bablaparis.com Picture)

Shareholders voted yesterady in favor of Glencore International’s $31 billion takeover of the mining company Xstrata, but in a rebuff to the Xstrata board, vetoed multimillion-dollar bonuses for the company’s top managers.In response, John Bond, the chairman of the board, said he would resign after the proposed takeover was completed. Mr. Bond had been in line to be chairman of the combined company.