Holders of common shares in Millicom International Cellular are in line for a surprise pre-Christmas bonus, to the tune of $3 per share. Shareholders at Millicom’s EGM, convened specifically for the purpose, today voted in favour of the special dividend

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 A shorter version of this article appeared in Financial News on Monday, October 10th 2011

The City might sometimes wish it otherwise, but voting rights are central to shareholders exercising oversight of the companies they invest in. Since the publication …

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The SEC has reaffirmed its commitment to reform the US proxy voting system. In a speech to Chicago’s Northwestern University School of Law on October 2nd Commissioner Elisse B. Walter outlined the SEC’s position on the mechanics of shareholder voting: …

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Mixed news from the US federal courts this week as John Chevedden faced up to Apache Corporation over his attempt to submit a shareholder proposal.

Chevedden’s troubles began when he sought to eliminate Apache’s supermajority voting requirement and introduce a …

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So, it’s 16:22pm the day after after Infineon’s highly contentious AGM. We have the streaming video from the meeting, we have the presentations, we even have a press release announcing the votes “For” the board candidates. But do we have …

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