He has 11.4 percent of the company and had threatened a second proxy fight after losing the first one in 1988.
Analysts said have heard increased interest in the proxy fight.
He lost a proxy fight for control of Lockheed last spring.
The proxy fight took place at the company's annual meeting on May 11.
It is not your usual proxy fight in one respect.
This is not a man you'd want to go against in a proxy fight.
The vote on the proxy fight was held today and results are expected July 5.
It is possible to wage a proxy fight, of course.
A. I was surprised by the way this proxy fight has been discussed in the media.
In 1975, there was a proxy fight amongst the company.
As a result, proxy battles and hostile takeovers are virtually unheard of in Japan.
And thus began the very public, very nasty proxy battle.
Gone are many of the bruising proxy battles of the last few years.
The tumult has helped the Mactier group in its threatened proxy battle.
Executives strove to put a bitter proxy battle behind them while emphasizing that the company would benefit directly from its increased size.
His last attempt, 14 months ago, included a short-lived proxy battle intended to force a spinoff of the food business.
After this point, proxy battles in the Third World became an important arena of superpower competition.
In any case, a bitter proxy battle is expected.
They have been sought after in a variety of recent proxy battles designed to change corporate control - but with mixed success.
Second is to end the proxy battles between foreign powers.