McDonald’s said expected to win proxy fight with Carl Icahn

McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) is alleged anticipated to win a proxy struggle with activist Carl Icahn that began over his claims over the quick meals chain’s remedy of pregnant pigs.

McDonald’s (MCD) seems to have retained two board seats that Icahn was difficult with two board candidates, in keeping with a WSJ report, citing early vote tallies forward of Thursday’s annual assembly.

The report comes after proxy advisory agency ISS final week issued a suggestion in assist of the board of director nominees on the McDonald’s (MCD) slate.

Icahn started his struggle with McDonald’s (MCD) in February in when he nominated two board members in a dispute with the corporate over its remedy of pigs.

Icahn urged McDonald’s to cease utilizing pork that’s sourced from gestation crates, one thing that he first introduced up with the quick meals big round 2012.

Icahn isn’t stopping with McDonald’s. In late March he additionally focused Kroger (KR) and nominated two administrators to the grocery store chain’s board in his push for higher therapies of pigs.

Earlier this month Icahn urged giant index-fund managers, particularly ones targeted on ESG, to get on board along with his struggle towards McDonald’s.