TRANSFER AGENCY SEARCHES SEEM TO BE BOILING UP: OUR LIST OF TRAPS FOR THE UNWARY T-A COMPARISON SHOPPER

Suddenly, the U.S. Transfer Agency business is stirring up on a number of fronts, with more new entrants than we’ve seen in many years banging on corporate doors, as many public companies seem to be putting their business up for bids and/or negotiating renewals of old...

VOTES “IN PERSON” vs. “VOTES BY PROXY”

With the rise of Virtual and Hybrid Annual Meetings, differing views have emerged among issuers, service providers, and counsel to the various parties involved regarding what constitutes a “Vote in Person” versus a “Vote by Proxy,” and how those votes should be...

MORE ON THE ESSENTIAL BALLOT OF THE APPOINTED PROXIES… AND HOW TO FILL IT OUT

Many publicly traded companies—and often their counsel as well—overlook the requirement to execute the Ballot of the Appointed Proxies, sometimes referred to. for short, as the “Master Ballot.” Please note that the term “Master Ballot” is something of a misnomer, in...

Sell Your Proxy Votes? Good Idea, We Say, But Lots Of Practical Problems

Shareholder Vote Exchange, which was featured in a January 22 WSJ article, was started in 2021 by Preston Yadegar, 25 years old, a 2020 BU graduate whose venture has been funded so far by friends and family but who says that talks are underway with potential...

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...

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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...

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