Wells Fargo Shareowner Services
An Interview With Todd May SVP, Wells Fargo Shareowner Services
What’s Up With All Those Proxy Solicitors?
As The Equity And Deal-Markets Continue To Stagnate, And With Publicly Traded Companies And Their Registered Shareholders In Free-Fall.
Think You Hold Irrevocable Proxies?
Think You Hold “Irrevocable Proxies” To Back Up Voting Agreements With Large Investors And/Or Dissidents? Think Again!
Tranfer Agent Market Share
The Main “Decider” We Say, In The Long-Term-Survival Game… Is The “End Game” In Sight?
Is The Transfer Agent “End Game” In Sight?… We Say Yes
A Few Tips On What To Think About – And To Do Now…
How Independent Inspectors Of Election Came To Be…
With Special Thanks To Mister Smith… And Mister Jones. Another Fun Story For Our “History” Section.
Some Early Returns From The 2013 Annual Meeting Season
A True “Sea Change” In Executive Pay Practices, We Say…
Annual Meeting Site Selections
What You Need To Know – And Do
What, Exactly, Should Inspectors Of Election Be Inspecting?
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.”
Advanced Earnings-Call Research
Really Righting The Governance Balance
A Few “Housekeeping Issues” To Add To Your Annual Meeting Planning Agenda
…Or To Tick Off Your List Before The Big Day Looms…
A Little Primer On Annual Meeting Etiquette
Our Top Ten Tips On Meeting Manners – Plus One To Think On
More Takeaways From The 2013 Annual Meeting Season
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
Activist Investors Continue To Step-Up Their Focus On Stewardship Of Corporate Assets – And On Use Of Cash
A Mega Trend Gains Steam
What Should Your Company Be Doing To Prepare For, And Ideally To Avert, Activist Knocks On Their Doors?
A Checklist Of Our Top-Ten Tips On Things To Do… ASAP
QR Code Primer From EZOnlineDocuments
EZOnlineDocuments’ CTO, Rich Andrews, recently participated as a panelist in a webinar that discussed the topic of Quick Response (QR) codes. The following primer provides information on QR codes and why companies should consider using them in their documents and voting materials.
Proxypulse Reveals Shareholder Voting Trends
Trends To Watch by Charles V. Callan and Michelle Jackson
The SSA Value Proposition
Since 1946, the Shareholder Services Association (SSA), a national, nonprofit; professional association, has delivered on its core mission to support and educate corporate issuers in effectively meeting their responsibilities for shareholder recordkeeping and service.
Cut Cost And Reduce Risks: Too Good To Be True?
Our Top-Two Mega-Money-Saving/Risk Reduction Tips For 2014… Both Of Them Easy To Implement To Boot!
Rewarding Long-Term Stock Ownership
We hate it when the European Union seems to forge far ahead of us on governance issues…so we did a double take when we read in the Financial Times that “Loyal shareholders in European companies would gain extra voting rights and a bigger slice of dividends under a...Stock Splits: With So Many Stocks At Or Near Record Levels, Why So Few In Recent Years?
We mentioned in our last issue that we were overdue in covering stock splits – or, more precisely, the notable dearth of splits there’s been over the last few years – even while more and more seemingly split-worthy stocks are at or near record price levels…So here’s our promised update:
Unclaimed Property Abroad: A New Target For Auditors?
Reflecting our global economy, many shareholders of today’s public corporations live in countries other than the United States.
Computershare: Looking Ahead
An Interview With Jay McHale, President US Equity Services, Computershare
State Treasurers Give Some New Protections To Shareholders Alleged To Be ‘Lost’… But Many Predatory Practices Continue Unabated
An Interview With Jennifer Borden, Executive Vice President And General Counsel Of UPRR
Top Things To Watch At ISS
Interview With Pat Mcgurn, Special Counsel To ISS
