Voting Review 2004

November 2004

Purchasing
Details

The 2007 review is now available for purchase here, however if you wish to obtain a complimentary copy of our 2004 review before considering a purchase, please contact: sales@manifest.co.uk or call + 44 1376 503500.

Summary

The Manifest Proxy Season Review offers an indispensable and detailed analysis of the UK's 2004 proxy season for investors and issuers alike.

• Are voting levels up across the board or just in some segments?

• Which resolutions failed to make the grade?

• Which companies are not meeting their legal obligations to shareholders?

• Which directors have received least shareholder backing?

• Which segment of the market is more responsive to investor concerns?

• Which companies are getting the lowest meeting turnout?

Whether you are an investor reviewing your governance policy for 2005 or an issuer wanting to know what concerns your investors, the Manifest Proxy Season Review is the best possible starting point.

High-value research at a fraction of the cost. With more active shareholder initiatives and proxy contests being a standard feature of the market place can you afford not to be in the know?

What's
Included

Comprehensive coverage: The Manifest Proxy Season Review is the most comprehensive report of its kind available in Europe. In over 50 pages of detail, our analysts examine the key issues for shareholders and issuers in the past year.

Detailed tables and graphs clearly show the key data to enable you to better understand the trends that matter.

Table of
Contents

Here is just a short list of some of the issues covered in this invaluable report:

• Analysis of Responses

• Poll versus Show of Hands

• Quality of Disclosure

• Meeting Turnout

• Highest Meeting Turnout

• Lowest Meeting Turnout

• Turnout – Monthly Analysis

• Voting Breakdown by Index

• Shareholder Resolutions

• Defeated Resolutions

• Options and Share Schemes

• Election of Directors

• Executive Directors Receiving Least Shareholder Backing

• Non-Executive Directors Receiving Least Shareholder Backing

• Report of the Remuneration Committee

• Auditors

• Political Donations