Below is a sampling of stories covered by CorpGov.net 5 years ago this month. After reading this list, it looks like shareowner victories five years later may have slowed slightly or is that just my imagination. One amazing parallel, the decision in AFSCME v AIG then and lifting the stay on Rule 14a-8 amendments allowing […]
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Support Carpenters Petition SEC to Eliminate Withhold Authority
James McRitchie, 06/02/2011 ,
In a May 20th petition to the SEC, Ed Durkin of the Carpenters’ Union asks the SEC to eliminate the “withhold authority” voting option by amending Rule 14a-4(b)(2). The well reasoned and well documented 9 page petition includes an attached appendix listing 820 companies that have already adopted a majority vote standard, including (more…)