eBay Stockholders Approve Proposals at Company's Annual Meeting.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2003 eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY)(www.ebay.com), the world's online marketplace, held its annual meeting of stockholders today in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. . At the meeting, eBay's stockholders approved all four proposals presented in the company's Proxy Statement Proxy Statement A document containing the information that a company is required by the SEC to provide to shareholders so they can make informed decisions about matters that will be brought up at an annual stockholder meeting. . As a result of the stockholder vote, an amendment to the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan was approved to increase by 14,000,000 the number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2001 Plan. Also approved were: the adoption of a 2003 Deferred Stock Unit Plan; the re-election of directors Dawn G. Lepore and Pierre Omidyar Pierre M. Omidyar (born June 21, 1967) is a French-born Iranian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist/economist, and the founder/chairman of the eBay auction site. Omidyar and his wife Pam are well-known philanthropists who founded Omidyar Network in order to expand their to hold office until 2006; and the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol as the company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2003. A full tally of the votes will be published in eBay's quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, which will be filed on or about the week of August 11, 2003. About eBay eBay is The World's Online Marketplace(R). Founded in 1995, eBay created a powerful platform for the sale of goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. by a passionate community of individuals and businesses. On any given day, there are millions of items across thousands of categories for sale on eBay through auction or fixed price formats. eBay enables trade on a local, national and international basis with customized sites in markets around the world. |
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