The week in GRC: Third Point keeps pressure on Nestlé, and Singapore to allow dual-class share listings
– The Wall Street Journal reported that, according to people familiar with the matter, Xerox’s biggest and third-biggest investors...
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Xerox activist campaign highlights CEO targeting
In a week when Xerox’s CEO has been singled out by an activist investor, FactSet data shared with Corporate Secretary sister...
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Governance award winner tackled AGM and ISS score
Tiffany Wooley, assistant corporate secretary and chief counsel for executive compensation and governance with Marsh & McLennan...
Honeywell builds proactive engagement program
Honeywell’s recognition for best shareholder engagement is a testament to being proactive. ‘I’d learned that if you wait for an...
Astronauts and jets: How KBR revamped its proxy statement
KBR’s proxy statement immediately grabs the reader’s attention with a bold cover, showing an astronaut walking across a seemingly...
Proxy statements: Allstate balances style and substance
As proxy statements have evolved from purely legal documents into broader communication tools, the role of visuals, graphics...
Congress steps toward proxy firm reforms
Congress has moved closer to potentially reforming the proxy advisory business, with advocates and opponents of change gearing up...
Pay attention to new stewardship framework, US investors urge companies
As the ball drops in Times Square during the first seconds of 2018, a new investor stewardship framework will come into effect...
Getting the best out of the CD&A
Seven minutes. That’s about how long the average proxy voter can devote to the average corporate proxy statement. This is bad news...
SEC guidance to impact issuer handling of shareholder proposals
On November 1, 2017, the staff of the SEC’s division of corporation finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14I (CF), which...
