We have been making a huge effort to engage small and mid-cap companies
An Interview With Janice Hester-Amey, Portfolio Manager, Corporate Governance, California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)
Inspectors Of Election: Some Questions And Answers On “The Basics”
Business codes typically call for publicly traded companies to have one, two or three – or sometimes more – Inspector(s) of Election to oversee and certify the vote – whenever there is an Annual or Special Meeting of Shareholders.
Protests, Market Dips, Unemployment And Uncertainty In European Banks—Oh My!
by Rhoda Anderson, founder of Rhoda Anderson Associates and EZOnline Documents
Number-Two Transfer Agent Computershare Set To Acquire The BNY-Mellon Business, The Country’s Largest By Far
A Major Game-Changer, For Sure, Though Far From The End-Game, We Predict
Lots Of Fresh Questions…And Answers… On Meeting Adjournments, On “All Other Business”
And On Calculating, Reporting On And Describing Those Say-On-Pay And Say-When-On-Pay Results….
Early Returns From The Annual Meeting Front
Lots Of Good News, But Some Big, Bad Surprises Are Still In Store For The Unwary
What’s The Next Big Thing On The Corporate Governance Front?
Holding Directors’ Feet To The Fire Over The Cost Of Capital – And Especially Over Their Stewardship Of The Company’S Stash Of Shareholders’ Cash: Finally…A Governance Reform Worth Making We Say
Appeals Court Vacates The SEC’s Proxy Access Rule, With Major Criticisms Of The SEC’s Sloppy Work
But Beware Of What You Wished For Issuers….You May Be Worse Off Than With The Access Rule
Our Final Wrap-Up On The Spring 2011 Annual Meeting Season…
The biggest take-away from this season – as we noted last issue too – is the ease with which Says On Pay sailed by: A just-released Conference Board study
Our Top Ten Tips On Preparing For The 2012 Proxy Season
Our number-one tip is simply to understand exactly what kind of voters OWN your stock as of the record date, along with the percentage of the total voting power that each segment owns and how each “segment” voted…or failed to vote at your last meeting.
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.