A big shareholder’s attempt to knock Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse off the company’s board of directors proved fruitless Tuesday, but preliminary voting results show the effort may have left a dent in the top executive’s support from investors compared with other directors.
Hesse and the Sprint (NYSE: S) board’s nine other members were up for re-election at Sprint’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday in Overland Park. Initial tallies show that four board members who weren’t directly...