By Dominic Jones on March 15, 2010
DOCSTOC, the free document sharing service, has rolled out a new branded embeddable document viewer that can help to improve the usability of PDF-laden investor relations websites.
While several other document sharing services let companies convert their PDF and Office-format reports into more engaging online documents, Docstoc is the first to let all users customize the [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged annual reports, document sharing, e-proxy, embeds, Investor Relations, investor relations website, notice-and-access, proxy statements, social media
By Dominic Jones on March 12, 2010
UNDER the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s controversial notice-and-access (N&A) process for the delivery of annual meeting materials, companies can mail their shareholders a slip of paper containing a URL where recipients can access their proxy materials online.
Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) is one company that is in the process of sending such a notice to its [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged annual reports, e-proxy, Investor Relations, notice-and-access, proxy statements, proxy voting, SEC, usability
By Dominic Jones on October 16, 2009
AFTER a long delay, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has finally proposed tweaks to its failed “notice and access” process for delivering shareholder meeting materials on the web.
The model, which essentially transfers the decision to receive materials electronically or in print from shareowners to companies, has resulted in a dramatic drop in the number [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged annual meetings, annual reports, corporate governance, e-proxy, notice-and-access, proxy statements, proxy voting, SEC
By Dominic Jones on February 9, 2009
SEEKING to improve board accountability to shareholders, one of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) leaders has called for the 18-month-old electronic proxy delivery rules to be improved or repealed.
Commissioner Luis Aguilar said at the SEC Speaks in 2009 event in Washington on Friday that the so-called e-Proxy rules, which enable companies to deliver [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged annual meetings, e-proxy, electronic delivery, Luis Aguilar, notice-and-access, proxy voting, SEC
By Dominic Jones on August 15, 2008
DESPITE a dramatic drop in individual investor participation at companies using the new E-proxy process for their annual meetings, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is studying “rulemaking refinements” that could make it easier for more firms to use the model.
Introduced little over one year ago, the E-proxy process allows company investor relations departments [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged e-proxy, John White, notice-and-access, retail investors, SEC, securities and exchange commission, shareholder participation
By Dominic Jones on June 25, 2008
THE US Securities and Exchange commission has launched a study that could lead to the scrapping of its 75-year-old system that requires companies to file disclosures on prescribed forms like 10Ks, Form 4s and DEF 14As.
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By Dominic Jones on June 25, 2008
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to address within the next three months whether companies can meet their obligations under Regulation FD by posting information on their corporate websites and in RSS feeds, according SEC Chairman Chris Cox.
The issue is among three areas that the SEC’s Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged annual meetings, blog, blogs, Broc Romanek, business, business wire, Chairman Chris Cox, chris cox, conference calls, corporate websites, disclosure, e-proxy, earnings, feeds, financial reporting, Internet, IR websites, law, liability, news releases, notice-and-access, reg fd, regulation fd, rss, securities, securities and exchange commission, sun microsystems, technology, web technology
By Dominic Jones on June 9, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged annual meeting, annual meetings, annual reports, broadridge financial solutions inc, business, corporate governance, director elections, e-proxy, mailing costs, new york stock exchange, proxy statement, proxy statements, retail investor, retail investors, retail shareholders, SEC, securities and exchange commission, shareholder meetings, technology
By Dominic Jones on June 3, 2008
THE online annual reporting period in Europe and North America is drawing to a close — and except for an elite group of forward-thinking companies it has been a disappointing season.
This was the first year where many companies had the option of delivering their reports on the web as the default option. This was also [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged annual reports, corporate reporting, disclosure, e-proxy, electronic delivery, online annual reports, online communications, poor usability, proxy statement, SEC, securities and exchange commission, usability problems
By Dominic Jones on May 12, 2008
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