Shareholder Activism Spotlight
Shareholder advocacy is a participatory sport. One of the essential tools in the toolkit of any corporate gadfly is the shareholder proposal, also known as the shareholder resolution. This is a formal proposal submitted by a shareholder or a group …
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Not everyone can be a Carl Icahn or T. Boone Pickens — the famed activist shareholders notable for acquiring equity stakes in publicly owned companies to force action to improve value of the company or buy back their shares at …
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The revolution is finally being televised. As the little protest that could chugs along in Lower Manhattan, “Occupy Wall Street” is gaining national and even international media attention—after being barricaded from the front pages early on. Despite what critics want …
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Are Shareholders Getting What We’re Paying For? When the New York Times recently reported the results of a study on executive compensation conducted on its behalf by Equilar (the Redwood, Calif.-based executive research firm), pandering pundits and politicians slammed the …
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Why it Matters to the Voiceless Investor and for Shareholder Activism Lack of bi-partisan support, much to the plight of shareholder activists, is sure to derail the Shareholder Protection Act of 2011— the latest incarnation of much-needed legislation to curb …
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Why It Matters to the Voiceless Investor and for Shareholder Activism With the reputation of the United States on the line, Congress in the eleventh hour, passed a debt ceiling bill to avoid a first-ever government default. In exchange for …
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Hindsight is 20/20, especially when dissecting a scandal. As the News Corp. debacle continues to spiral out of control, corporate governance watchdogs speculate that had News Corp. assembled a more independent slate of board directors, the media giant may have …
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Eyeing the opportunity to unlock inherent value in a potential breakup of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), an shareholder activist hedge fund and major pension plan are gaining traction. New York based shareholder activist hedge fund Jana Partners ($2.3 billion in …
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