The SEC staff has posted the letter it sent to Brinker International regarding The Humane Society's VSM shareholder proposal.

The SEC staff appears to have flipped the script on shareholder proposals about virtual shareholder meetings.

A reaction to my previous post about pre-recorded virtual annual meetings from The Shareholder Service OPTIMIZER.

I tested the waters with the Q&A function at VSMs this year by submitting a question about PACs.

How virtual can a virtual shareholder meeting be and still be called a meeting?

There was nothing extraordinary about BlackRock's 2021 virtual shareholder meeting, but I kind of liked it.

I attended the Carrier Global Corporation 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareowners on Monday, April 19 (vitual-only, audio-only).

Stories about issuers’ placing strict substantive limits on presenting shareholder proposals at VSMs.

Here are reports from four VSMs I’ve attended to date: Visa, Apple, Disney, and AmerisourceBergen.

Microsoft leveraged technology and put the work in to produce a superb VSM.

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...

I'm honored to see my blog posts make it into academic literature!

P&G's first VSM was “No sweat.”

After the unprecedented proxy season we just witnessed, it will be interesting to see how companies with fall meetings handle VoSM.

Built the right way, VSMs can result in better company communication, increased shareholder engagement, and more inclusiveness.

I was asked to cover one more virtual annual shareholders meeting for this season: General Motors Company.

Given the very short time they had to deal with all of the requirements, we should recognize that companies did an admirable job.

The ExxonMobil annual meeting has long been a popular one for vocal shareholders.

I didn't attend the BlackRock Annual Meeting this morning, but I was lucky enough to receive a report from a shareholder who did.

If you want to see a good example of a company that has worked out the kinks and does it right watch the replay of this year’s Intel meeting