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SEC ISSUES NEW TRANSFER AGENT RULES FOR COMMENT – THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL REVISITATION AND RELEASE SINCE THE 1980s

After briefly mentioning the many changes we’ve seen in technologies – and in the securities processing space in general since the ‘80s … and in what may be the understatement of the century: “the Commission concludes that there is a disconnect between the transfer...

READER ALERT! CAN A SINGLE PERSON CONSTITUTE A “COMMISSION”? – AND DECLARE A QUORUM OF ONE?

“Here’s what Jim McRitchie has done” – and what we’d urge all of you to follow up on: “Because the SEC didn’t open a comment period, I filed a petition for rulemaking under Rule 192 of the SEC’s Rules of Practice, asking the Commission to rescind the amendment, or at...

HAS THE SEC BECOME TOTALLY UNTETHERED FROM THE REAL WORLD?

HERE ARE THREE MORE GRIM SIGNS THEY ARE… FORGING AHEAD TO REPEAL PROXY RULES WITH OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS OPPOSED – and literally hundreds of examples from investors, and from public companies of every stripe, as to how important sensible proxy...

PCAOB Report On Auditing Deficiencies Shows “Leveling Off” … But Still Shocking Percentages Of Failed Audits.

WILL BAD AUDITOR GRADES SPILL OVER TO YOUR AGM? PREPARE NOW, WE SAY We were greatly encouraged by remarks from the recently reorganized PCAOB board leadership promising much greater scrutiny of public company auditors and a much stronger focus on the number of audit...

Stock Splits: With So Many Stocks At Or Near Record Levels, Why So Few In Recent Years?

2013, 2013 Q2, Abandoned Property, Issues

We mentioned in our last issue that we were overdue in covering stock splits – or, more precisely, the notable dearth of splits there’s been over the last few years – even while more and more seemingly split-worthy stocks are at or near record price levels…So here’s our promised update:

Unclaimed Property Abroad: A New Target For Auditors?

2013, 2013 Supplement, Abandoned Property, Compliance & Ethics, Corporate Governance, Issues

Reflecting our global economy, many shareholders of today’s public corporations live in countries other than the United States.

Computershare: Looking Ahead

2013, 2013 Supplement, Interviews, Issues, Proxy, Transfer Agents

An Interview With Jay McHale, President US Equity Services, Computershare

State Treasurers Give Some New Protections To Shareholders Alleged To Be ‘Lost’… But Many Predatory Practices Continue Unabated

2013, 2013 Supplement, Abandoned Property, Compliance & Ethics, Corporate Governance, Interviews, Issues

An Interview With Jennifer Borden, Executive Vice President And General Counsel Of UPRR

Top Things To Watch At ISS

2013, 2013 Supplement, Activist Investors, Annual Meetings, Interviews, Issues

Interview With Pat Mcgurn, Special Counsel To ISS

A New Rat – Or Two – Or Maybe Three – In Proxy-Land

2012, 2012 Q1, Issues, Proxy

Whistleblower Rats Out Leaks Of Confidential Voting Info From ISS To A Perk-Loaded Proxy Solicitor

Two Seminal Proxy Cases: Hooray For Our Side:

2012, 2012 Q3, Issues, Proxy

WA Judge Rules That The Delivery Of Proxies And Proxy Tabulations “Did Not Legally Constitute

Supreme Court In British Columbia Swats Down “Mosquito”; Sets Aside Meeting Results And Orders Company To Call A New Meeting

2012, 2012 Q3, Annual Meetings, Issues

In a landmark case that will, no doubt, influence proxy voting procedures here in the U.S. as well, a British Columbia judge ruled in favor of the Petitioner – International Energy and Mineral Resources Investment Ltd. —a Hong Kong company that was seeking to oust directors of Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines Limited

Annual Meeting Seaon 2013

2012, 2012 Q4, Annual Meetings, Issues

A List Of Practical Tips And Resources To Bone Up On

Proxy Fights And Activists

2012, 2012 Q4, Corporate Governance, Issues, Proxy

What Every Public Company Needs To Know—And Do—If Activists “Reach Out” To Them…With A Cudgel

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Podcast Alert: Annual Meeting Season 2026 — Expert Advice from Carl & Peder Hagberg

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