…rd, Shareholder Rights and Compensation. Facebook Proxy Voting Guide: Compensation Facebook’s Summary Compensation Table (p. 27) shows the highest paid named executive officer (NEO) was COO Sheryl K. Sandberg at $24.5M in 2016. I am using Yahoo! Finan…
…Chancery against Mark Zuckerberg, other Facebook leaders, and Facebook’s privacy auditor, PwC. See their opposition to Facebook’s motion to dismiss. CalSTRS retained Kaplan Fox and Kilsheimer LLP (“Kaplan Fox”) as its counsel in the litigation. Kapla…
…re. Zuckerberg Must Change the Nature of Facebook The Cambridge Analytica case now plaguing Facebook is not a hack or a breach; it’s the rule, not an exception. It’s a symptom of a problem we already knew we had but were content to ignore. Facebook, G…
…ues appear significant. Vote AGAINST. 3. Facebook 2019: Executive Compensation Facebook’s Summary Compensation Table (p. 31) shows the highest paid named executive officer (NEO) was COO Sheryl K. Sandberg at $23.7M. I’m using Yahoo! Finance to determi…
…bersome regulations. George Washington was encouraged to continue as President for life but stepped down for the good of the country. The founders of Alphabet and Facebook should take a page from history. See my FB Facebook Proxy Vote Recommendation s…
…tures appear to lack the dedicated focus Facebook needs. Facebook can learn from Microsoft’s history of public and government scrutiny and adopt a similar committee structure. Egan-Jones notes: Given the current controversies which have caused serious…
…rd, Shareholder Rights and Compensation. Facebook: Compensation Facebook Summary Compensation Table (p. 27) shows the highest paid named executive officer (NEO) was COO Sheryl K. Sandberg at about $15.5M in 2014. I’m using Yahoo! Finance to determine…
…k idea of where to focus: all but Audit. Facebook Inc: Compensation Facebook Inc’s Summary Compensation Table (p. 28) shows the highest paid named executive officer (NEO) was COO Sheryl K. Sandberg $15.5M. I’m using Yahoo! Finance to determine market…
…nt shareholders as their first priority. Facebook’s dual-class ownership structure is at least as concerning as its board configuration. Mr. Zuckerberg controls about 65 percent of voting shares himself, with insiders and 5 percent holders at nearly 7…
…me regulations can be minimized. George Washington was encouraged to continue as President for life but stepped down. Facebook should take a page from history. Vote FOR Proposals #3 and #5 Make Facebook Democratic and Accountable…
…pen unless we have a voice on the board. Facebook is having a “shareholder forum” prior to the meeting. Try asking a question and getting an answer or try talking to another shareowner. Their forum is much like their elections. Dictatorships can get t…
…cobbler’s kids have no shoes.” So, maybe Facebook will facilitate democracy outside their own fortress. See Facebook’s Corporate Governance Puts Off Activist Investors. At this point, I think the social media awakening is more likely to come via Proxy…
…eting and updating investors on the construction of a zinc extraction system at the company’s Philippine mine. The release referred readers to the company’s Facebook discussion board for more information about the the Zinc circuit. (Company adopts Fac…
…bsite at the following link: NorthStar’s Facebook exempt solicitation. I have a secondary proposal at Facebook to elect directors by majority vote in uncontested elections. Of course, such a shift would only be meaningful if NothStar’s proposal is ado…
…xisting limitations. So let’s go back to Facebook. Anytime they do a stock split they take away the voting rights of the shareholders. And of course, different classes of shares, class B or class A, come with different voting rights. In the case of Fa…
…omberg.com/quicktake/dual-class-shares ; Facebook, Inc., Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated April 14, 2017, available at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680117000016/facebook2017definitiveprox.htm. [43] For example, Viacom Inc…
…regularly patrol and participate in the Facebook page’s discussion board, where anyone can start a new discussion topic and engage with other page users and the company. Even shareholders are showing up to ask questions, although no one from the comp…
…hire programmers; it was simply banked. Facebook has a market cap of $184B. As of late last year they had about 6,000 employees. In contrast, Alcoa has over 60,000 employees and a market cap of less than $13B. Companies used to go public to sell shar…
…ployees or little capital. Consider that Facebook has a market cap of $184B with about 6,000 employees. In contrast, a more traditional firm that does not rely so heavily, Alcoa has over 60,000 employees bit a market cap of less than $13B. Traditional…
…the pool of candidates to be considered. Facebook was used as an example of a company that since being criticized put on two women on its board. We need to get the sell side involved. Portfolio separated from governance is a problem. When Australia wo…
…ber saying it is not worth going public. Facebook and class C shares. Can’t pass control onto heirs. It is a meaningful sunset provision. Alibaba (HK) model has 35 directors – employee driven model controlled by directors, since candidates can’t run u…
…closures you can easily tweet or Like on Facebook. The Canadian company, which voluntarily adopted an annual say-on-pay vote two years ago, yesterday announced the availability of a new shareholder survey and director videos explaining the company’s p…
…of stock pay, compared to 16% and 17% at Facebook and LinkedIn. (Twitter’s Stock Based Compensation Spurs Investor Suits, Possible Employee Suits to Follow) An ESOP or similar structure could more effectively empower employees, reduce turnover, induce…
…s Group (GS.N) to sell pre-IPO shares of Facebook to wealthy investors ahead of an anticipated initial public offering. Officially, companies are supposed to file public disclosures if they have more than 500 shareholders. Plans like Goldman’s can pro…
…toward democracy. Long before Google and Facebook went public, Charles Handy suggested companies issue two classes of shares – voting shares to be held by members of the corporate community (employees and major advisors). Nonvoting shares could be iss…
…, related to something Hastings wrote on Facebook back in June 2012. (Netflix Gets Wells Notice Over CEO Hastings’ Facebook Post, 12/6/2012) To date, the SEC has issued no guidance on whether social media channels can satisfy the disclosure requiremen…
…ual-class shares like those at WhatsApp, Facebook and Alphabet that lock-in rule by a single person or a few members of the 1%, Twitter should consider converting to a cooperative or using a dual-class share structure to facilitate greater ownership a…
…doing IPOs with less robust governance. Facebook’s own democratic-free zone of dual-class share corporate governance, controlled mostly by the founder, helped propel it to its current problems. (Firms start to pull Facebook ads following data scandal…
…really glamorous offering like Google or Facebook. Must be big and/or compelling. Audience Participation Lots of audience participation at this one. Ethical relativity. Scott Thompson’s resume. Do you pay attention to the small things because they mig…
…us but just like social media sites like Facebook are bringing people together, several new internet sites are making proxy advice obtainable for free. Here are five sites worth exploring: 1. Corpgov.net is my blog. For over 15 years I’ve discussed ma…