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15 Dec 2011, 4:34 am by Broc Romanek
And then this blog from Ted describes a group of public pension funds that have filed an access proposal at Nabors Industries. [read post]
25 Nov 2008, 8:40 pm
I noticed recently Ted Rogers, the famous Ted Rogers, has published his own autobiography. [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 10:08 am by Kashmir Hill
Arizona’s harsh new immigration laws are causing debate across the country. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 2:11 pm by Ted Allen
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]
24 Jan 2012, 12:55 pm by Ted Allen
A coalition of activist investors has filed 40 shareholder proposals that ask U.S. companies to disclose their direct and indirect lobbying expenses. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 8:44 am by Ted Allen
A few minutes ago, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which includes mandates for "say on pay" and "golden parachute" votes by shareholders starting in 2011, as well as authorization for the SEC to adopt a proxy access rule. [read post]
11 Mar 2009, 2:03 pm
Chris Geidner: "He is a conservative, it's true. [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 10:50 am by RiskMetrics Group Blog Team
Microsoft has become the first U.S. company to agree to hold a triennial advisory vote on executive compensation. [read post]
28 Jul 2011, 5:37 am by Ted Allen
The July 22 federal appeals court ruling that struck down the SEC's marketwide proxy access rule, Rule 14a-11, did not affect the SEC's amendments to Rule 14a-8 that would permit shareholders to resume filing proxy access bylaw proposals. [read post]
5 Oct 2010, 1:55 pm by Ted Allen
In response to complaints from investors, Symantec said it would hold a hybrid annual meeting next year that would allow investors to attend in person or participate electronically, according to the Reuters news service. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 7:20 am by Ted Allen
In a significant development, Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to put a proxy access bylaw proposal on its ballot in 2013. [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 10:14 am by Ted Allen
After complaints from investors, Devon Energy has dropped its procedural objections to a shareholder proposal that seeks to repeal the company’s supermajority rules in favor a simple majority standard. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 2:12 pm by Ted Allen
Earlier today, the House Financial Services Committee approved a bill that would require companies to obtain investor approval before spending more than $50,000 per year in general corporate funds on political activities. [read post]
7 Jan 2011, 11:19 am by Ted Allen
Apache Corp. has renewed its battle with shareholder activist John Chevedden over the proof of ownership required to file shareholder proposals.On Dec. 29, the Houston-based oil company notified the SEC's Corporation Finance Division that it plans to omit Chevedden’s 2011 proposal, which again asks the company to repeal its supermajority voting requirements. [read post]
18 May 2022, 8:10 am by Richard Pildes
David Frum in The Atlantic has a good piece on yesterday’s decision in FEC v. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 3:46 pm by Ted Allen
Shareholder activist John Chevedden and his retail investor network continue to survive corporate no-action challenges on eligibility grounds.In separate rulings, the staff of the SEC’s Corporation Finance Division has rejected requests by Prudential Financial, Union Pacific, and Devon Energy to omit governance proposals filed by Chevedden. [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 1:38 pm by Ted Allen
Retail shareholder activist Ken Steiner has filed a low-threshold proxy access proposal at Textron, according to the U.S. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 1:54 pm by Ted Allen
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), the second-largest U.S. public pension fund, has released a report, "Lessons Learned: the Inaugural Year of Say-on-Pay," that details its experience during the first year of marketwide U.S. advisory votes in 2011. [read post]