The stockholders also overwhelmingly approved amendments to the company's bylaws and certificate of incorporation adopting a majority voting standard for the election of directors and declassifying the structure of the board of directors so that all board members will be elected annually beginning at the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders. The majority voting standard requires that, in order to be considered for nomination by the Board of Directors, a person must agree to submit an irrevocable resignation to the Board if he or she fails to receive a majority vote. The resignation will be contingent upon acceptance by the Board of Directors.
Commenting on the events of today, Robert B. Goergen, Blyth's Chairman of the Board and CEO, said, "We continue to build on our strong foundation of corporate governance, and I am pleased the board supported these actions."
Blyth, Inc., headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, is a Home Expressions company that markets an extensive array of home fragrance products, decorative accessories, seasonal decorations and household convenience items. The Company sells its products through multiple channels of distribution, including the home party plan method of direct selling and one-on-one direct selling, as well as through the wholesale and catalog/Internet channels. Blyth also markets tabletop lighting and chafing fuel for the Away From Home or foodservice trade. The Company manufactures most of its candles and chafing fuel and sources nearly all of its other products. Its products are sold direct to the consumer under the PartyLite®, Two Sisters Gourmet® by PartyLite and ViSalus Sciences® brands, to retailers in the premium and specialty retail channels under the Colonial Candle®, CBK® and Seasons of Cannon Falls® brands, to retailers in the mass retail channel under the Sterno® brand, to consumers in the catalog/Internet channel under the As We Change®, Miles Kimball®, Exposures®, Walter Drake®, The Home Marketplace®, Easy Comforts® and Boca Java® brands, and to the Foodservice industry under the Sterno®, Ambria® and HandyFuel® brands. In Europe, Blyth's products are also sold under the PartyLite brand.
Blyth, Inc. may be found on the Internet at www.blyth.com.
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