S&P 500 moving towards declassification, annual board elections
A majority of S& P 500 companies that had boards elected by holders of different classifications of stock at the beginning of 2012...
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Shareholders & activism archive
Lessons from proxy season 2012
There are a number of lessons companies should have learned from the 2012 proxy season, when pressure from shareholder activists...
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Why activists are winning proxy fights
Issuers need to take note because when it comes to proxy fights, the activists are winning. Activist shareholders seeking...
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Reforming Canada’s proxy voting system
There is a growing consensus that the proxy voting system, and indeed the wider system of shareholder democracy in Canada, is...
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Best practices for online shareholder meetings
Is it time for all shareholder meetings to go virtual? Legally that can’t happen yet, but there is a movement by shareholders and...
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Proxy process may 'harm average investor', notes proxy monitor 2012 report
A small group of shareholders, including groups with specific policy, political or religious goals, sponsored the majority of...
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Battle lines drawn in proxy access votes
Shareholders in the United States advocating so-called ‘proxy access’ are virtually certain to continue pressing for the...
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How Pershing Square has changed proxy fights
It’s very rare when everyone in the marketplace agrees about something at the same time, but in the case of Pershing Square...
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This proxy season's mid-year trends
Proxy season kicked off with a flurry of headlines this spring about investor revolts. Shareholders in the United States loudly...
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Celebrating the end of proxy season
Finding a way to let off some steam after a long contentious annual meeting is often seen as a challenge in itself. Some...
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