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...

Reader Alert: “Endemic Sloppiness” In 2024 AGM Materials

As most readers know, we think, our ‘sister company’ – CT Hagberg LLC - fields a team of 45 expert Inspectors of Election who, through July, will have served at well over 500 companies. This – plus your two editors’ own stock portfolios – causes us to monitor over 700...

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.

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