Yahoo Nominates Ex-Drugmaker Executive Jane Shaw to Board

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Yahoo! Inc. is planning to fill out its board of directors with the addition of Jane Shaw, a former pharmaceutical industry executive.

Shareholders will vote on the addition of Shaw, 75, on June 25, at the company’s annual meeting, Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo said in a statement yesterday. They’ll also vote on nominees David Filo, a Yahoo co-founder, Charles Schwab Corp. Chairman Charles Schwab and former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lee Scott, who were all proposed by Yahoo on April 16.