If you missed the original webcast on this subject, sponsored by The Capital Markets Board, you can hear it on our website
It did not take a smart reporter very long to sniff out a problem with the way Apple reported its 2009 voting results – especially with regard to the “widely watched” Say on Pay proposal, which Apple reported had been defeated.
The first commandment when it comes to tabulating and reporting Meeting results is this: “Always prove every item to the Quorum”
Another of our very favorite topics has jumped to the forefront this season: We’ve been warning year after year about the need to be sure that you have the proper authority to adjourn your annual or special meeting…
When announcing results at the meeting, the best practice is to stick tightly to the numbers.
Our Top “Practical Tips” On What To Do… To Head-Off A Potentially Career-Ending Snafu
Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, you know of course that NYSE Rule 452, aka the “broker-may-vote rule”, aka the “ten-day-rule”
For openers, how about 100+ proposals for shareholders to have a “say on pay”?
The season opened with a big loud bang, when Bank of America’s chairman Ken Lewis was stripped of his chairmanship by a binding vote to separate the Chairman and CEO roles.
We came away from the Society’s annual conference almost 100% certain that there would be “proxy access” in time for the 2010 meeting season.
A Delaware court ruled that a binding-bylaw proposal that would prohibit the company from seating any director who failed to achieve a majority vote in an uncontested election had to be included on the ballot at Trico Marine Corporation…
We Also Urge The SEC To Urgently Fix The Scandalous Defects In Our Old And Badly Broken “Proxy Plumbing” Systems Before Forging Ahead… And Tell Them How To Do It
An Interview with Eric van Aalst and Kevin Pezien of CITCO
In our last issue we opined that a Pay-Czar was “probably NOT a good thing”…and his recent actions have proven us right
Recent developments have underscored the value of “staying connected” to shareholders in an attempt to prevent escheatment or preserve the immunity granted by states when a corporation or its transfer agent escheats securities to a state as unclaimed property.
An Interview With Michael Mackey, Managing Partner, Alliance Advisors, LLC
Our Annual Interview With Ellen Philip, Of Ellen Philip Associates.
An Interview With Artie Regan Of Regan & Associates, Inc.
An interview with Bruce Goldfarb, President & CEO and Patrick McHugh, Senior Managing Director of Okapi Partners
An Interview With Ed Durkin, Director, Corporate Affairs Department, United Brotherhood Of Carpenters
An Interview With Katie Sevcik And Deb O’Donnell
An Interview With Jay Mchale, President, US Equity Services, Computershare
