CSX Close to Naming Hunter Harrison CEO
CSX Corp. may install Hunter Harrison as chief executive officer as early as next week as the railroad and an activist shareholder move closer to ending an impasse over Harrison’s compensation, people familiar with the matter said.
As reported by Bloomberg, Hunter Harrison would start as CSX Corp. CEO as soon as possible under a four-year contract, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private.
CSX shareholders would vote later on whether to award Harrison $84 million to cover pay he forfeited when he left Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. in January, the people said.
The negotiations are fluid and could still fall apart, they said.
CSX has posted the third-biggest gain on the S&P 500 Index so far this year as investors bet on Harrison’s ability to boost profit at North America’s least efficient railroad.
An agreement would give the 72-year-old executive his fourth railroad to run, after stints at Canadian Pacific, Canadian National Railway Co. and Illinois Central.
Shares in CSX climbed 1.9 percent to $49.48 at the close Friday, rising after Bloomberg reported that the sides were nearing a deal. That added to the railroad’s 38 percent gain this year.
Directors of CSX earlier welcomed Mantle Ridge’s bid to make Harrison CEO while balking at demands for board representation and a total compensation package the railroad valued at $300 million. Mantle Ridge disputed the calculation.
The CSX board said Feb. 14 that it planned to call a special meeting for shareholders to vote on the proposals, saying the two sides were at an impasse.
The date for the meeting wasn’t set, and the board said it wouldn’t make a recommendation on how to vote.
CSX declined to comment. So did Mantle Ridge, an activist fund started by Paul Hilal, a former partner at Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management.
Source: Bloomberg
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