Scrapping the updates
In the beginning, companies issued annual earnings guidance along with other financial information. This system worked for many...
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Shareholders & activism archive
Take note e-proxy is on it's way
The SEC adopted e-proxy rule amendments in January 2007 in order to provide corporate issuers with the opportunity to save a...
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The lost art of communications
Last summer, when Pfizer announced that its directors would meet ‘face-to-face’ with representatives of the pharmaceutical giant’s...
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Proxy access end run?
Management groups speak with confidence. Regulators promise certainty. Shareholder activists talk of possible litigation. What...
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Activism escapes the credit crunch
When credit markets dried up briefly in the summer of 2006 it caused significant ripples throughout the world’s financial system...
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Navigating changing proxy waters
It seems that every passing year is marked as a watershed for investor rights. The 2007 proxy season was unique for many reasons...
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Getting out the vote
When the SEC’s notice and access rule – the requirement to post proxy and other annual meeting materials online and send hard...
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Carnac the Magnificent
By the time you read this, the Iowa caucus will have been held and probably the New Hampshire primary, and maybe even a bunch of...
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Proxy season survival guide
America’s corporate leaders may feel as though they have woken up in boot camp. As the 2007 proxy season looms large, CEOs, their...
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Activists shake up Europe
What’s going on in gentlemanly old Europe, where investor activism was once considered as strange and indecorous as riding a wild...
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