proxy fight

noun

1. a contest between factions of stockholders in a company, in which each group attempts to gain control by soliciting signed proxy statements for sufficient votes.

Example Sentences

So they didn’t do that part well—but when they start to depict the proxy fight in season two, they do that really well.

From Time

Succession depicts the proxy fight pretty well, although they made a couple of slight mistakes.

From Time

Gill’s balance oscillated through the conclusion of the proxy fight in June, which saw the hedge funds win board representation.

From Washington Post