Time To Take A Look At Your Bylaws, We Say… To Make Sure They Do Not Have Conflicting Voting Provisions
And Maybe To Consider Moving To A “Simple Majority Vote” To Pass All But The Most Economically Important Proposals A lot of speculation went on last year and this about the potential effect of the “broker may NOT vote rule”…which turned out to be mainly a non-issue...
Some Notes On The Much-Bashed Symantec Virtual Meeting
s mentioned elsewhere in this issue, activist investors, the press, and assorted other “noisemakers” sure piled onto Symantec Corporation, following their first-ever totally virtual annual meeting. We were kind of glad they did…first because it proved the point we...
Optimizer To Activists And Noisemakers Re: Virtual Meetings: You Folks Are Really Missing The Boat Here!
Despite the many good things your editor, and other managers and consumers of Virtual Meetings have to say about them, they’ve been coming under heavy fire of late. Activist Tim Smith of Walden Asset Management has presented Intel, Broadridge Financial Solutions and...
Reaching Out To Directors
REACHING OUT TO DIRECTORS WITH SOME GOOD DIRECTOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS: Those gosh-darned university off-sites aimed at Directors seem to be proliferating like flies on a warm mincemeat pie – although lately, a bit of much needed consolidation seems to be afoot. The...
Tales From The Crypt
Horror Stories About The Perils Of Holding Abandoned Property From The Optimizer’s Story Vault… All Of Them Absolutely True.
From States “Reaching Out” To Shareowner “Out Reach”
“To reverse the detrimental effects of these state ‘reach out’ initiatives, issuers and transfer agents must be proactive in maintaining shareowner contact to curtail securities escheatment.”
Wells Fargo Shareowner Services
An Interview With Todd May
Computershare: Full Service Under One Roof
An Interview With Jay McHale, President, US Equity Services, Computershare
Reactions To The Proxy Plumbing Comment Letters…
An Interview With Chuck Callan, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Reaching Out To Investors… When Time Is Of The Essence? And There’s No Quick Solution On Your Shelf
The Optimizer Editor’s Annual Interview With Ellen Philip And Cal Donly Of Ellen Philip Associates
