Original article by Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 & 23 : 31-Jul-14

Woodside Petroleum shareholders will vote on a proposed share buyback at an extraordinary general meeting on 1 August 2014. The deal to buy $US2.68bn ($A2.85bn) worth of shares from Royal Dutch Shell must be supported by 75 per cent of votes, but a number of superannuation funds are expected to oppose it. There is concern that the selective buyback treats Shell more favourably than other Woodside shareholders

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WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL, ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC, AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF SUPERANNUATION INVESTORS INCORPORATED, PLATO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED, ALPHINITY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, ISS PROXY AUSTRALIA, OWNERSHIP MATTERS PTY LTD, CGI GLASS LEWIS PTY LTD, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, AUSTRALIAN SHAREHOLDERS’ ASSOCIATION, WESTFIELD CORPORATION – ASX WFD, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 300 INDEX