杜克能源收购前进能源

    今年6月，杜克能源（Duke Energy）收购前进能源（Progress Energy）的交易成交后，威廉·约翰逊在合并后的新公司的CEO宝座上只坐了几个小时，就被荣升总裁的原杜克能源CEO詹姆斯·罗杰斯炒了鱿鱼，罗杰斯随后把自己安排到了CEO的位子上。

    杜克能源收购前进能源的合约早在一年多以前就已签订，这场“董事会政变”说明新领导的人选早就内定好了。不过杜克能源的算盘最后也落空了。到了12月初，由于北卡罗莱纳州的监管机构不满罗杰斯的操纵董事会“政变”的伎俩，罗杰斯自己也不得不宣布辞职。

    来源：CNNMoney

    译者：朴成奎

Duke Energy -- Progress Energy

    William Johnson's reign as CEO of the utility company formed from Duke Energy's (DUK,Fortune 500) acquisition of Progress lasted just a few hours. Shortly after the deal closed in July, Duke's CEO James Rogers got the board to boot Johnson, and install none other than Rogers in his place.

    The boardroom coup uncovered long simmering reservations about the deal, which was inked more than a year before. Duke apparently unsuccessfully tried to get out of it. By early December, Rogers said he was leaving too, pushed out in a settlement with North Carolina regulators who were unimpressed with Rogers' boardroom tactics.

    Source: CNNMoney