Majority of Takeda investors want execs to return pay if deals flop

Measure failed to pass but shows shareholder concern over Shire acquisition

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Takeda Pharmaceutical CEO Christophe Weber ranks among Japan's highest-paid executives.

YOSHINARU SAKABE, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- A provision to let Takeda Pharmaceutical claw back executive pay after a major loss or false accounting drew majority support from shareholders even while failing to pass, in a sign of the scrutiny Japan's top drugmaker faces over its roughly $60 billion purchase of Irish peer Shire.

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