Some Bests (Microsoft, Chevron And Hasbro) And Worsts (“The VWAPS Of G-E”) On The 2015 Shareholder Engagement And Meeting Materials Scenes
Regular readers are well aware, we hope, of our frustration with the overall presentations of shareholder meeting and voting materials over the web.
Activists And Other “Financial Engineers” Drive M&A And Restructuring Acivities To Alltime Highs As We Get Set For The 2016 Annual Meeting Season
An all-time record number of “deals” were announced in 2015 – falling just shy of the $5 trillion mark, at $4.7 trillion.
Transfer Agent Liabilities: Under-Estimate Them At Your Peril
Our Top Tips On Protecting Your Company From T-A-Related Liabilities: Doing It Yourself? Bad Advice!
Transfer Agent Market Share Updates Show Major Shrinkage In The Registered Holder Universe
Much More Shrinkage Still To Come, We Say
Direct Stock Purchase And Dividend Reinvestment Plans
We Guarantee That Your Company Will Benefit From A Fresh And Careful Re-Look… And Maybe A Major Makeover… And If You Don’t Have One, You Should Take A Look At That Too
BofA Aces The Referendum On A Combined Chairman/CEO
A Few Important Take-Aways For Issuers – And A Few “Shades Of The Bad Old Days” Worth Noting
Early Returns From The 2015 Meeting Season: Activists Rev Their Motors At Full Speed
Many Seminal Developments To Watch… And Our Comments On Bad Advice… And Good
New Action Expected In The Drive For “Universal Ballots”: An SEC “Tilt” To Favor Activism? We Say It Does Not
“SEC Chief Tilts Again to Activists” the WSJ headline screamed, on page-1 of the June 26 Money & Investing section, reporting on Chairman Mary Jo Wight’s remarks at the Society of Corporate Secretaries conference where she endorsed the universal ballot idea, and urged companies to adopt one voluntarily in a proxy fight…”
A Quick P.S. On The Much-Watched Dust-Up With Activist Investors at DuPont
Another Of The Optimizer’s Governance Predictions Comes Through… In A Flash
Some Major Suppliers… A Major Bank… And An Important Regulator Raise The Ante Big-Time On “Cybersecurity At One’s Suppliers”
But A Surprising Number Of Companies Dig-In Their Heels About Reviewing And Expanding Their Internal Control Environment… Do Not Be One Of Them… Or Use One Of Them, We Warn
Podcast Alert: Annual Meeting Season 2026 — Expert Advice from Carl & Peder Hagberg
Carl and Peder Hagberg of The Shareholder Service OPTIMIZER join Meredith Ervine from TheCorporateCounsel.net to discuss proxy season risks, virtual meetings, and shareholder engagement for 2026.
Listen to hear their insights on this year’s annual meeting season.