COVID-19 Scapegoat: AT&T Fears Virus Through Phone Lines? COVID-19 scapegoat – instant rationale for poor treatment of shareholder and proposal proponents at 2020 meetings. Like the President, they claim all the power but absolve themselves of any blame. AT&T (T) holds its annual general meeting (AGM) on Friday, April 24th. List of all virtual meetings kept by […]
When a company moves its shareholder meeting to a remote location, it is often associated with bad news, according to Evasive Shareholder Meetings (NBER Working Paper No. 19991) by Yuanzhi Li and David Yermack. The study finds that “companies are more likely to announce unfavorable quarterly earnings in the aftermath of long-distance meetings, and these […]
Announcing the second Foxhole of the Year Award for the company that makes it the most difficult for shareowners turn up at their annual meeting. Last year’s winner was Peabody Energy for their choice of Gillette, Wyoming, a town with less than 30,000 residents. Nominations are now being accepted for 2014. Yuanzhi Li and David Yermack studied the location […]