Feb 8, 2021 | 2020, 2020 Q4, Annual Meetings, Issues, Virtual Meetings
One of the most interesting - and encouraging - and useful developments with regard to VSMs - has been the fast-growing importance of the corporate Investor Relations staff - both in terms of preparing for the Meeting, and often, in playing a significant on-air role...
Feb 8, 2021 | 2020, 2020 Q4, Annual Meetings, Issues, Virtual Meetings
We have had many decidedly up and down experiences listening to the all-too-numerous webinars on VSMs of late where the guidance was flatly wrong, or important facts were omitted: Most notably on what to do if you lose “connectivity” during the course of your...
Feb 8, 2021 | 2020, 2020 Q4, Annual Meetings, Issues
Our good-friend and fellow VSM-reporter Doug Chia recently posted the following, from widely-followed shareholder proponent Jim McRitchie: “Here’s one for you. I just got off the virtual meeting of [XYZ company - name redacted by the OPTIMIZER since they were far from...
Feb 8, 2021 | 2020, 2020 Q4, Annual Meetings, Issues, Virtual Meetings
Glass Lewis’s late November release of its 2021 policy guidelines pretty much summed up what every major investor says they will be looking for in Shareholder Meetings in 2021: We look for robust disclosure in a company’s proxy statement which assures shareholders...
Jan 20, 2021 | 2020, 2020 Q4, Annual Meetings, Inspectors of Election, Issues, Virtual Meetings
Since the very first VSM hit the airwaves the OPTIMIZER has been advising that the Inspector of Elections should be playing a key role - mainly because, with everything taking place in cyberspace, investors really need some added assurances that all of the voting is...
