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By Alex Brummer, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 20--GLAXO CHAIRMAN HEADS OFF SHAREHOLDER DISCONTENT: GlaxoSmithKline is taking extraordinary steps to defuse shareholder disquiet ahead of the release of its annual report next week.

Chairman Sir Christopher Hogg is determined to avoid the humiliation of last year when GSK and its chief executive Jean-Pierre Garnier were given a bloody nose by shareholders, who rejected the group's pay report by just over 50 percent.

Hogg has been on a charm offensive, visiting key i

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