If a proxy vote could change control of a company (a proxy contest), all persons involved in the contest must register with the SEC as participants or face criminal penalties.

如果委托投票能够改变公司控制权(委托争议)，所有争议相关人都必须作为参与人在SEC注册或面临刑事处罚。

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He fought a costly but entertaining proxy contest to oust the entire Yahoo!

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Thursday they went even further in an effort to avoid defeat in a proxy contest set to reach its climax.

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Advisers for the Elliott side believed that they would have prevailed in their proxy contest and won all five board seats.

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