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In proxy voting messes, Broadridge a common denominator
AN ADMISSION from Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR) that a basic system glitch caused it to undercount votes against directors in Yahoo! Inc.’s contentious annual meeting is just the latest in a string of recent problems where the company has been implicated.
Questions were raised about the outcome of the Yahoo! meeting — perhaps the highest-profile [...]
US firms love e-proxy savings, but at what cost?
DESPITE the risk that they might be reaping short-term gains while laying the foundation for long-term pain, 566 US companies used notice-only e-proxy mailings for their shareholder meetings by the end of April.
According to figures compiled by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., companies have saved about $132 million through lower print and mailing costs.
Unfortunately, that has [...]
Participation plummets in e-proxy votes
BROADRIDGE Financial Solutions has released preliminary figures showing sharply lower participation rates by retail shareholders in annual meetings of companies using the new “notice-and-access” model.
“Notice-and-access” entails sending a notice to investors by mail asking them to go online for their annual meeting materials, or to request printed materials to be mailed to them. It is [...]
Is Thomson's IR/PR business for sale?
By Dominic Jones
I DREW attention yesterday to the fact that Thomson Financial’s corporate investor relations and public relations businesses don’t fit well in the structure outlined in the Thomson-Reuters acquisition announcement.
According to the companies, the combined Reuters and Thomson Financial business will be guided by journalistic principles, such as integrity, independence and freedom from bias. [...]
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