X-border Voting Archives

Herbie votes again?

Procedures for voting at the upcoming AGM of Volkswagen AG have raised a few eyebrows at Manifest today (Tuesday 12th April).

Unashamedly putting the Shareholders’ Rights Directive (SRD) record back on the record player, and turning the volume up to …

Vote Tapping. Issuers, please – Just Say “No”

Here at the Manifest blog we try to keep a balance of news and stories for the informed Stewardship community – which includes shareholders and issuers. Today’s piece is addressed directly to the issuer community. It’s a simple message: when …

Let’s not do that – we can’t ask the shareholders in time!

Debate at the recent meeting of the European Corporate Governance Forum (ECGF) on the subject of related party transactions, ahead of the publication of a statement on the subject, underlined again the problems faced by European companies in effectively communicating …

Lagardère vote flawed – new evidence claims Wyser-Pratte

US activist investor Guy Wyser-Pratte is turning the heat up under Lagardère and claims to have new evidence proving that last summer’s board seat bid was hit by flawed voting procedures.

At stake is Wyser-Pratte’s attempt to shake up management …

Monsanto Shareholders Send Message on Pay

S&P 500 constituent Monsanto Company yesterday became one of the first US companies to hold its AGM following the introduction of the new US rules requiring an advisory vote on the remuneration of the directors and an advisory vote on …

French President takes away voting rights of foreign shareholders

French Company Law now has a further measure which French companies can use to block dissident shareholders from using their influence at general meetings of shareholders. On 8 December 2010, the French President signed into law an an amendment to …

All our Christmases come at once?

The European Commission this week published a summary of the responses to its Green Paper on Corporate Governance in Financial Institutions.

The paper revealed some not so surprising results when it comes to views about the role of institutional investors: …

Vote tapping – how confidential are your votes?

British readers will be familiar with the mounting scandal surrounding alleged phone tapping at the News of the World when Andy Coulson, the Prime Minister’s communications director was the paper’s editor. The UK, in common with many nations takes personal …

Australia’s Future Fund sends a message on pay as more remuneration reports defeated

The Australian Future Fund, established in 2006 to assist future Australian governments meet the cost of public sector superannuation liabilities, has released its 2009/10 annual report. The report reveals for the first time how the Fund has cast its voting …