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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]
27 Jan 2009, 7:02 am
Occidental Petroleum, which has faced shareholder dissent over its pay practices, has agreed to hold an advisory vote on compensation at its 2010 annual meeting and support federal "say on pay" legislation. [read post]
25 May 2007, 8:58 am
The Securities and Exchange Commission heard industry panelists raise concerns about the costs of, and suggest potential alternatives to, a proposed New York Stock Exchange rule to bar brokers from voting uninstructed shares in uncontested director elections. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 7:30 am by RiskMetrics Group Blog Team
On Sept. 3, the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany issued a joint letter calling for “binding rules” to regulate bankers’ compensation. [read post]
15 Nov 2023, 11:33 am by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Yuichiro Chino) The Federal Communications Commission today approved rules that prohibit discrimination in access to broadband services, rejecting fervent opposition from Internet service providers and Republicans. [read post]
26 Aug 2008, 12:58 pm
The Washington Post reports: Alaska's Republican voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether a pair of GOP incumbents with a combined 75 years in Congress should continue to be the dominant figures in state politics as they battle... [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 9:02 am by Ted Allen
Oshkosh Corp., a Wisconsin-based maker of specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies, said this week that it plans to appoint an independent chairman after CEO and Chairman Robert Bohn retires at the end of this year. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 11:22 am
In another significant development, the Securities and Exchange Commission has confirmed that hundreds of federally supported financial companies must hold their first "say on pay" votes this year. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 12:00 pm by Ted Allen
The Council of Institutional Investors, the Consumer Federation of America, and ShareOwners.org, which represents retail investors, are urging lawmakers to spare the U.S. [read post]
26 Mar 2007, 11:36 am
The shareholder campaign for advisory votes on executive pay received another boost last week when the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) endorsed the idea. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 12:30 pm by Ted Allen
With the SEC's announcement this week that it won't seek review of a U.S. appeals court decision that blocked Rule 14a-11, companies won't be subject to federal access standards during the 2012 proxy season. [read post]