The preliminary tally from that meeting showed 96% of votes cast, representing 65.68% of the NYSE Euronext shares outstanding, were in favor of the deal, which then became contingent on enough DB investors tendering their shares and thesubsequentregulatory approvals.
Of the many bad consequences of the TARP (bank bailout) scheme of 2008 and subsequent passage of the Dodd-Frank law (2010), one was the set of invasive new regulatory restrictions on executive pay, dividend-paying, and capital adequacy at U.S. banks.