Australia Peak AGM Season Shareholders

Australian Agendas: Shareholders Gear Up for Peak AGM Season Showdowns

7 October 2025


By Daniel Kehoe

Australia’s AGM peak season is imminent, with shareholders filing an array of resolutions seeking to challenge some of the country’s largest listed companies over …

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Taking Tesla to Task: Shareholders Rally Against Musk’s Pay Package

3 October 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Shareholders at US electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla have sent a letter urging fellow investors to vote against CEO Elon Musk’s proposed U$1 trillion …

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Pressuring Proxy Advisors: Hearing Reveals Regressive Republican Regulation Plans

September 17, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

A hearing by the Republican-run House Committee on Financial Services has showcased pipeline of proposed regulation seeking to significantly restrict both proxy advisors and shareholder …

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Texas Proxy Advisor Regulation

Investor Choice Infringement: Texas Advances Proxy Advisor Regulation

June 17, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Proxy advisory firms are set to imminently discover whether they will be subject to a stringent new regulation in Texas requiring deeper disclosures on voting recommendations …

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dual-class share structures, AGM, shareholder proposals, shareholder meetings

May Madness: Vote No Campaigns & ESG Wars

May 15, 2025


By Daniel Kehoe and Caoimhe Taylor

Proxy season continues as we move into the second half of May, and as expected, there is still high numbers of shareholder proposals …

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SEC Rules on Lobbying and Energy Finance Proposals 

March 13, 2025


The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently made significant decisions that have once again reshaped the dynamic shareholder landscape.  

The SEC allowed five companies to reject lobbying proposals

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Shareholder proposals

Shareholder Proposals: Contested Battlefield or an Essential Investor Right?

February 26, 2025


The ability of shareholders to submit proposals is a fundamental investor right that underpins corporate accountability and good governance. However, this right is facing increasingly heavy headwinds as regulatory …

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dual-class share structures, AGM, shareholder proposals, shareholder meetings

Upcoming Shareholder Proposals: Second Half of February 2025

February 19, 2025


As we look towards the second half of February and the start of the AGM season, we are beginning to witness shareholder engagement heat up.

Both Apple Inc and …

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Shareholder Proposals Quieten Down in Australia AGM Season

October 11th, 2024


As the Australian AGM season commences, this blog article by Stewardship Senior Analyst Thomas Bolger provides an in-depth analysis of recent trends in shareholder engagement.

Annual General Meetings are …

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Minerva shareholder proposals annual review finds falling support for proposals

November 24th, 2023


2023 had the highest number of shareholder proposals, but support for proposals fell in each category other than governance, according to the latest Minerva Shareholder Proposals Annual …

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