Pity poor Citi – whose top management team – and board – were taken totally by surprise when the Fed refused to allow Citi to increase the quarterly dividend from a measly penny a share and to buy back shares to prop up the stock – as everyone, including the investor community, was confidently expecting – and where the bombshell dropped just a few weeks before Citi’s annual meeting.
Getting Out The “Employee Vote”… Including Votes From Officers… And Directors…
Our Top 10 Tips For A Safe And Orderly Meeting
A Deciding Factor In Close Elections
Signs Of The Times, To Note With Care, We Say
More ill-winds seem to be sweeping the streets in the run-up to the spring meeting season: So far this year, four well-known companies have sued gadfly John Chevedden, seeking to block his non-binding proposals from coming to a vote: EMC Corp., Express Scripts Holding Co., Omnicom Group, Inc. and Chipotle Mexican Grill.
A Quick Overview Of The Spring 2014 Annual Meeting Season: “The Year Of The Associates”… And Several Scary Instances Of Investors ‘Using The Clock’ To Take Companies By Surprise… And Oops… Hostile Takeover Attempts Are Back
What Every Public Company Need To Know And Do If Activists “Reach Out To Them”.
Our Top 10 Tips For Dealing With Them
Every year for at least the past five years we have been trying to highlight some of the many cases we see each year – including most of our annual “Horror Stories”
Advice From Bill Fiske of Georgeson, Bruce Goldfarb of Okapi Partners, Tom Germinario of D.F. King, Michael Mackey of Alliance Advisors, Ron Schneider of RR Donnelley and Artie Regan of Regan & Associates.
Interview With Sister Patricia A. Daly, OP Executive Director, Tri-State Coalition
Interview With Heidi Welsh Of Sustainable Investments Institute
Think You Hold “Irrevocable Proxies” To Back Up Voting Agreements With Large Investors And/Or Dissidents? Think Again!
A True “Sea Change” In Executive Pay Practices, We Say…
What You Need To Know – And Do
Every Inspector of Election signs basically the same oath before an annual or special meeting of shareholders begins – swearing “to execute the duties of Inspector with strict impartiality and to the best of my abilities.”
…Or To Tick Off Your List Before The Big Day Looms…
Our Top Ten Tips On Meeting Manners – Plus One To Think On
Our ”Number-One Thing” Warning Comes True…In Spades, As Does Our Warning Re: “Big Hats/No Cattle”: Things To Think On As You Plan For Next Year
A Checklist Of Our Top-Ten Tips On Things To Do… ASAP
Trends To Watch by Charles V. Callan and Michelle Jackson
Our Top-Two Mega-Money-Saving/Risk Reduction Tips For 2014… Both Of Them Easy To Implement To Boot!
Interview With Pat Mcgurn, Special Counsel To ISS
In a landmark case that will, no doubt, influence proxy voting procedures here in the U.S. as well, a British Columbia judge ruled in favor of the Petitioner – International Energy and Mineral Resources Investment Ltd. —a Hong Kong company that was seeking to oust directors of Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines Limited
