Here is a tip for AVZ directors
If they think someone is going to try and stack the next director vote for re-election, they (the existing board) should nominate an independent director (or two) per ASX Guidelines in independent directors and expand the board marginally.
This will take the attention away from the pretenders, if they find someone with good credentials, no one would even consider the pretenders. (and I am excluding existing shareholders from the suggestion, but perhaps I shouldn't, there are a lot of clever people out there invested in AVZ)
Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations ASX (Extract below)
Independent directors
An independent director is a non-executive director who is not a member of management and who is free of any business or other relationship that could materially interfere with – or could reasonably be perceived to materially interfere with – the independent exercise of their judgement. Relationships which may affect independent status are set out in Box 2.1. Directors considered by the board to be independent should be identified as such in the corporate governance statement in the annual report. The board should state its reasons if it considers a director to be independent, notwithstanding the existence of relationships listed in Box 2.1, and the corporate governance statement should disclose the existence of any such relationships. In this context, it is important for the board to consider materiality thresholds from the perspective of both the company and its directors, and to disclose these.1
Box 2.1:
Relationships affecting independent status12 When determining the independent status of a director the board should consider whether the director:
1. is a substantial shareholder of the company or an officer of, or otherwise associated directly with, a substantial shareholder of the company
2. is employed, or has previously been employed in an executive capacity by the company or another group member, and there has not been a period of at least three years between ceasing such employment and serving on the board
3. has within the last three years been a principal of a material professional adviser or a material consultant to the company or another group member, or an employee materially associated with the service provided
4. is a material supplier or customer of the company or other group member, or an officer of or otherwise associated directly or indirectly with a material supplier or customer
5. has a material contractual relationship with the company or another group member other than as a director