Loren Steffy, of the Houston Chronicle, and Sean Quinn, of the ISS Governance Institute, had recent posts about proxy access and upcoming votes. At Hewlett Packard a shareholder access proposal was withdrawn after the company agreed to sponsor a (more…)
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Companies Use Range of Arguments to Exclude Proxy Access Proposals
James McRitchie, 02/29/2012 ,
Of the 16 proxy access proposals filed by proponents in 2012 and listed on the ISS Checklist, eight are being challenged at the SEC. Ferro, Hewlett-Packard, Nabors Industries, CME Group, Pioneer Natural Resources, Staples and Charles Schwab have not sought no-action relief from proposals at the commission, according to data from ISS. Conversely, Bank of […]
Proxy Access Proposals Challenged: Starting to Post Responses
James McRitchie, 01/19/2012 ,
ISS reported that Textron filed a Dec. 23 no-action petition with the SEC to omit a shareowner proposal from Ken Steiner that seeks proxy access using the model proposal developed by USPX. This appears to be the first no-action request filed on a proxy access proposal this season. The company asserts that Steiner’s resolution improperly constitutes multiple […]
Two Proxy Access Proposals From Daniel Rudewicz
James McRitchie, 12/21/2011 ,
Interview with Daniel Rudewicz who submitted proxy access proposals at Paragon Technologies and KSW. McRitchie: How about giving our readers a little personal background? Daniel Rudewicz: During the day, I am the managing member at Furlong Financial, LLC. In the evenings, I am a law school student. I have lived all over the US, but right now […]