The Shareholder Poet
In what may be an annual meeting first, a shareholder proponent recited an original poem to present their proposal.
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Doug Chia
- Dec 8, 2021
VSM Proposals: Soup and Crackers
The virtual shareholder meeting related proposal votes are in, and the results are interesting.
Doug Chia
- Dec 1, 2021
Staff Legal Bulletin 14L: No More Nexus
Shouldn’t there be a nexus between a shareholder proposal and the company at which it is filed? The answer to this question seems obvious.
Doug Chia
- Oct 4, 2021
Update on VSM-Related Proposals
The SEC staff has posted the letter it sent to Brinker International regarding The Humane Society's VSM shareholder proposal.
Doug Chia
- Sep 28, 2021
The Virtual Annual Meeting Shareholder Proposals!
The SEC staff appears to have flipped the script on shareholder proposals about virtual shareholder meetings.
Doug Chia
- Jul 24, 2021
"VSMs on 'Autopilot'… Is that Legal?" (from the OPTIMIZER)
A reaction to my previous post about pre-recorded virtual annual meetings from The Shareholder Service OPTIMIZER.
Doug Chia
- Jun 23, 2021
The Question I Asked at This Year's Virtual Shareholder Meetings
I tested the waters with the Q&A function at VSMs this year by submitting a question about PACs.
Doug Chia
- Jun 21, 2021
If An Annual Meeting Takes Place In the Woods…
How virtual can a virtual shareholder meeting be and still be called a meeting?
Doug Chia
- May 28, 2021
BlackRock's 2021 VSM: Pretty good for a non-event
There was nothing extraordinary about BlackRock's 2021 virtual shareholder meeting, but I kind of liked it.
Doug Chia
- Apr 21, 2021
Snapshots from the Carrier 2021 VSM
I attended the Carrier Global Corporation 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareowners on Monday, April 19 (vitual-only, audio-only).
Doug Chia
- Apr 13, 2021
When It's Your Turn to Speak, Here's What You Must Say
Stories about issuers’ placing strict substantive limits on presenting shareholder proposals at VSMs.
Doug Chia
- Mar 26, 2021
Virtual Annual Meetings: 2021 Pre-Season Special!
Here are reports from four VSMs I’ve attended to date: Visa, Apple, Disney, and AmerisourceBergen.
Doug Chia
- Dec 16, 2020
Microsoft Corporation 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting
Microsoft leveraged technology and put the work in to produce a superb VSM.
Doug Chia
- Nov 19, 2020
Notes from the Broadridge Financial Solutions 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting
Just as Al Gore didn’t invent the Internet, Broadridge didn’t invent the VSM, but they did create and develop the platform that became...
Doug Chia
- Oct 19, 2020
Paper: "Back to the Future? Reclaiming Shareholder Democracy Through Virtual Annual Meetings"
I'm honored to see my blog posts make it into academic literature!
Doug Chia
- Oct 14, 2020
The Procter & Gamble Company 2020 (Virtual) Annual Meeting
P&G's first VSM was “No sweat.”
Doug Chia
- Sep 3, 2020
Preview of Procter & Gamble’s (Virtual) 2020 Annual Meeting
After the unprecedented proxy season we just witnessed, it will be interesting to see how companies with fall meetings handle VoSM.
Doug Chia
- Jun 18, 2020
Virtual-Only Annual Meetings – What Comes Next?
Built the right way, VSMs can result in better company communication, increased shareholder engagement, and more inclusiveness.
Doug Chia
- Jun 16, 2020
Notes from the General Motors 2020 (Virtual) Annual Meeting
I was asked to cover one more virtual annual shareholders meeting for this season: General Motors Company.
Doug Chia
- Jun 11, 2020
Notes from (Virtual) Annual Meetings - 2020 Season Finale!
Given the very short time they had to deal with all of the requirements, we should recognize that companies did an admirable job.
reports from corporate governance land
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