General Electric Co (GE.N) will allow shareholders to nominate their own corporate directors, becoming one of the few companies to adopt proxy access reforms in a move that could pave the way for others. The company said the new bylaws, which went into effect Feb. 6, will allow a single shareholder or a group of up to 20 shareholders who own more than 3 percent of the company’s stock for at least three years to nominate up to 20 percent of the board’s directors. GE’s move, disclosed in a filing with the U.S.