Transfer agents have launched ReformTheProxyVoteSystem.com. The site is designed to remove the “wall that’s preventing your company from gaining direct access to your shareholders” by urging shareowners to comment on the SEC’s proxy plumbing concept release. The comment period ends October 20. List of helpful resources. Among the most influential responders: the Shareholder Communications Coalition; […]
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James McRitchie, 02/19/2010 ,
“Bank of America persuaded the SEC to drop “proxy access” provision as they negotiated a $150 million settlement of a lawsuit tied to the takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co… The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which represents more than 3 million companies, has said “activist shareholders” would use proxy access to hijack elections to pursue […]