Xero board seeks 70% boost to fee pool

Xero board seeks 70% boost to fee pool
By Suze Metherell July 2 (BusinessDesk) - Xero's board is seeking a 70 percent boost to its pool for directors' fees, having bolstered its governance team with former Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell taking over the chair in February. Shareholders will be asked to increase the total pool for Xero's eight directors to $850,000 from $500,000 at the company's July 23 annual meeting in Wellington, according to the notice of meeting. Of that, some $214,000 is expected to be unallocated, to give Xero scope to add another director...