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...
No Quorums At Meetings Because Directors Failed To Vote: Our Tips To Fix
As noted here earlier, there was a very noticeable decline in the number of companies that had to adjourn their Shareholder Meetings in first-half 2023 for lack of a quorum on the appointed date and time. At two of the Meetings where our Inspectors of Election served,...
We Ask Some Of The Smartest People We Know For Their Thoughts On The Biggest Challenges They Foresee In 2009, And For Their Advice On What To Do About Them…
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Lydia Beebe, Corporate Secretary and Governance Officer, Chevron Corp.
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.
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- VOTES “IN PERSON” vs. “VOTES BY PROXY”
- MORE ON THE ESSENTIAL BALLOT OF THE APPOINTED PROXIES… AND HOW TO FILL IT OUT
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