Feb 14, 2022 | 2021, 2021 Q4, Featured, Investor Relations, Issues, Shareholder Services
In the last few weeks of 2021 we had inquiries from three readers on this subject - one of our favorite ones - so we placed calls to a few colleagues who’ve had success here, and reviewed some of our own past articles for other ideas: Peggy Foran, who pioneered the...
Feb 14, 2022 | 2021, 2021 Q4, Featured, Inspectors of Election, Issues, Virtual Meetings
In 2021 - thanks largely to sensible Covid-era precautions - U.S. companies overwhelmingly relied on “Virtual” attendance of Inspectors of Election - and auditor representatives too - at their shareholder meetings. Our sister-company, CT Hagberg LLC, logged fewer than...
Feb 14, 2022 | 2021, 2021 Q4, Featured, Investor Relations, Issues, Shareholder Services
This year, The OPTIMIZER believes that the battle for the management-friendly retail investor vote will be harder to win than ever before - even while the retail vote will be a bigger decider than ever before. Here’s why: Over the past 18 months more than 22 million...
Feb 14, 2022 | 2021 Q4, Annual Meetings, Featured, Issues, Virtual Meetings
The number-one question we’re being asked as readers gear up for the 2022 Meeting Season, and as Covid cases began rising again, is “What are most companies planning to do this year?” So far, as our sister-company, that will provide Inspectors of Election at over 500...
Feb 13, 2022 | 2021, 2021 Q4, Featured, Proxy
An open letter to issuers, proxy solicitors and advisors and their legal counsel: Dear friends and colleagues; We are pleased and excited to announce that CT Hagberg LLC is now prepared to offer an outstanding roster of Independent Inspectors of Election who stand...