It's nonbinding, so why wouldn't a company that wanted to pay more hold the vote?

这既然没有约束力的，那为什么一个打算支付高薪酬的公司还要顾忌这种投票？

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A bank that takes billions in "normal" bailout money from TARP II could get around the cap by disclosing pay and by holding a nonbinding shareholder vote on the pay.

一家银行在第二轮拯救计划中获得“规定”的上百亿美元，那么它可以不受这个限制，因为它需要披露CEO薪酬以及对薪酬进行不受约束力的股东投票。

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And it was the magic number cited in the nonbinding agreement to limit global temperature increases signed by industrialized countries at the international climate summit last December in Copenhagen.

在这次去年12月在哥本哈根举行的国际气候峰会上，由工业化国家共同签署的非约束性条款中，涉及到了这个具有魔力的数字。

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But the matter is far from settled. President Sarkozy wants parliament to pass a nonbinding resolution, rather than a law.

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The proposal is nonbinding, but it could be hard for directors to ignore if it passes.

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In the U.S., the Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law gave shareholders a nonbinding say-on-pay vote starting in 2011.

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Under the Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law, investors began casting nonbinding votes on executive pay in 2011.

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