Shareholders & activism archive

Jan 31, 2008

10 min read

It seems that every passing year is marked as a watershed for investor rights. The 2007 proxy season was unique for many reasons...

Dec 31, 2007

14 min read

When the SEC’s notice and access rule – the requirement to post proxy and other annual meeting materials online and send hard...

Dec 31, 2007

7 min read

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...

Dec 31, 2006

11 min read

What’s going on in gentlemanly old Europe, where investor activism was once considered as strange and indecorous as riding a wild...

Dec 31, 2006

8 min read

Getting out the vote has a new meaning in the world of corporate proxies. The decision by the SEC in December to okay electronic...

Dec 31, 2006

6 min read

America’s corporate leaders may feel as though they have woken up in boot camp. As the 2007 proxy season looms large, CEOs, their...

May 31, 2006

10 min read

Conventional shareholder democracy dictates, as most stock owners would believe, that one share does equal one vote (with the...