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2 Nov 2011, 1:58 pm
The American Bar Association's (ABA) Corporate Laws Committee has declined a request from the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) to revise the Model Business Corporation Act (MBCA) to make majority voting the default legal standard for uncontested director elections.In an Oct. 25 letter, A. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 2:11 pm
More than half of the largest 100 U.S. public companies now disclose their direct political spending and have adopted board oversight mechanisms, according to a new report from the Center for Public Accountability (CPA), a Washington-based group that coordinates shareholder proposals that seek more disclosure.On Friday, CPA released its report and a new index that ranks companies based on their political spending disclosure on their public Web sites. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 6:18 am
ISS is still seeking comments on its 2012 draft proxy voting policies. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 2:21 pm
In a substantial vote of "no confidence," News Corp. shareholders withheld more than 30 percent support from James Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, and three other directors at the media company's Oct. 21 annual meeting. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 9:30 am
On Tuesday, ISS hosted a webinar, “Governance Reforms Through Securities Class Actions. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 8:36 am
ISS invites you to join us for a webinar today at 2 p.m. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 3:55 am
And then there's this news from Ted Allen of ISS: Hemispherx Biopharma, a micro-cap biotech firm based in Philadelphia, has failed to win majority support (based on votes present) for its executive compensation practices for the second time. [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 9:39 am
On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a long-awaited guidance on shareholder proposals that tightens proof-of-ownership requirements, while giving investors more leeway to submit revised proposals. [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 1:28 pm
Earlier today, ISS announced the opening of its annual comment period for its 2012 proxy voting policies. [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 1:46 pm
A recent American Lawyer story, Empire Builders quoted a senior partner from Allen & Overy as stating that "There is a very distinct correlation between multi-jurisdictional work and profitability. [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 9:03 am
With the shareholder-proposal filing season for 2012 corporate meetings under way, U.S. companies have begun submitting no-action requests with the Securities and Exchange Commission to exclude those resolutions.One of the first companies to seek such relief is Deere & Co., which has filed six no-action requests so far, according to the SEC's Web site. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 12:19 pm
ISS has released its final 2011 U.S. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 11:45 am
The Swedish debate on board diversity took an unexpected turn last month when Moderate Party Secretary-General Sofia Arkelsten wrote an editorial in the national business daily Dagens Industri announcing that the party may support board gender quotas. [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 8:22 am
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has released two reports on two important aspects of corporate governance that can influence long-term value creation. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 6:13 am
ISS will host a webinar at 11 a.m. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 1:45 pm
It's been more than 14 months since the signing of the Dodd-Frank Act, which directed the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish a new Investor Advisory Committee.So far, the SEC has not publicly announced a timetable for creating this panel, and Commissioner Luis Aguilar and some investors are asking why. [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 9:04 am
In another strong showing, a board declassification proposal won 78.4 percent support (based on “for” and “against” votes) at Smithfield Foods’ Sept. 21 annual meeting. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 10:17 am
The Center for Political Accountability (CPA) and 17 activist investors have called on S&P 500 firms to improve their disclosure of corporate political spending before the 2012 proxy season—or face possible shareholder resolutions on this topic. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 2:00 am
In this post, Ted Allen discusses the report and its implications. 4) SEC Actions: Tone at the Top, Culture and the SEC – The SEC has become a familiar punching bag in recent years with one scandal after another from Madoff to Stamford to computer porn and document shredding. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 11:02 am
Given the time and cost involved for institutional investors to cast proxy votes at thousands of companies each year, should states allow issuers to hold shareholder meetings less frequently? [read post]
