Shareholder Proposals
A shareholder proposal is a documented recommendation that a shareholder formally submits to a publicly-traded company advocating the company take a specific course of action. A shareholder proposal should not be long-winded, multi-page document. In fact, if it exceeds 500 …
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Western Union Co. (WU) unveiled a proposal to declassify its board structure and said it won’t submit a management proposal for proxy access at its 2012 annual meeting, according to a Dow Jones report. (Western Union Plans To Declassify Board, Drops …
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At the TheShareholderActivist.com, we are determined to help level the playing field for the regular investor, providing the tools, tactics and techniques to facilitate your responsible shareholder activism. I am very pleased to report that our subscribers are responding. Earlier …
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Making Sense of Dodd-Frank reports that Western Union (WU) submitted a no-action letter to the SEC seeking exclusion of Norges Bank’s proposal pursuant to Rule 14a-8(i)(9) because the proposal directly conflicts with a proposal to be submitted by Western Union at the …
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Let’s get ready to rumble! Shareholder proposals (or the formal recommendations for a publicly-traded company to take a certain course of action, submitted by a shareholder) have a minimal chance of passage when brought before a vote during the annual …
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Last year, KBR sued investor and USPX member John Chevedden after he submitted a proxy proposal seeking annual elections, rather than the current system of staggered three year terms. As reported by Ted Allen of ISS: Rather than go through the …
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Shareholder proposals are rarely successful. However, before your proposal can even be considered, it first needs to pass muster, and there are many reasons why it can be “excluded” by management. Below is a basic summary of many of the …
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No one said shareholder activism was easy…or cheap. A shareholder proposal is one action a shareholder, or group of shareholders, can take to attempt to affect change. This is a formal proposal submitted by a shareholder or a group of …
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A “Shareholder Proposal” is an essential component in the tool kit of any investor activist or corporate gadfly. Basically, a shareholder proposal is a document recommendation that a shareholder formally submits to a publicly traded company advocating the company take …
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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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