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By IR Web Report 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 [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual reports, document sharing, e-proxy, embeds, Investor Relations, investor relations website, notice-and-access, proxy statements, social media
By IR Web Report 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 [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual reports, e-proxy, Investor Relations, notice-and-access, proxy statements, proxy voting, SEC, usability
By IR Web Report 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 [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual meetings, annual reports, corporate governance, e-proxy, notice-and-access, proxy statements, proxy voting, SEC
By IR Web Report on February 12, 2009
SINCE a few people have asked recently about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) requirements for online annual reports and proxy statements, I thought I’d put them in this post for future reference. Although many aspects of the so-called e-Proxy rules are not being done well, I think the most overlooked aspect is the [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual reports, image-based, Investor Relations, PDF, proxy statements, SEC, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
By IR Web Report on August 15, 2008
BROADRIDGE Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE: BR), the giant investor communications and brokerage outsourcing firm, plans to connect every US company and every shareholder in a massive social network that could rival Facebook in terms of members. CEO Rich Daly said his company’s investor network will be unique in that it will validate members as real [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual meeting, communications, corporate governance, disclosure, institutional investors, investor communications, proxy statements, retail investor, SEC, securities and exchange commission, shareholder, shareholder forum, shareholder proposals
By IR Web Report on August 6, 2008
A SURVEY published by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has found that retail investors rely heavily on financial advisors for their investment decisions and rarely use the SEC’s website or blogs for investment information. The survey found that while 51% of investors said their financial advisors or brokers were their “main source” of [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, disclosure, Internet, Investor Relations, investor relations website, IR websites, proxy statements, regulation fd, retail investor, retail investors, SEC, securities and exchange commission, SURVEY, survey report, website managers
By IR Web Report on July 28, 2008
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is slated to consider publishing long-awaited new guidance governing how companies can use their websites to communicate with investors. According to a notice, the commission will meet Wednesday to consider publishing the “interpretive release” that is expected to address a number of important issues that could set precedents [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged corporate reporting, corporate websites, disclosure, disclosure documents, Investor Relations, IR websites, online annual reports, plain language, proxy statements, quarterly reports, regulation fd, SEC, securities and exchange commission, usability requirements, web technology
By IR Web Report 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, [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual meeting, annual meetings, annual reports, broadridge financial solutions inc, 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 IR Web Report 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 [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual reports, corporate reporting, disclosure, e-proxy, electronic delivery, online annual reports, proxy statements, securities and exchange commission, usability
By IR Web Report on April 18, 2008
I’VE HELD off bringing this up before because I feel bad for the folks at Broadridge Financial Solutions. They’ve been getting it in the neck recently over this whole e-proxy debacle. Even the Colgate-Palmolive Company called them out this week in a letter to the company’s shareholders, though I think there may be more to [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual meeting, annual report, annual reports, e-proxy, meeting materials, PDFs, proxy statement, proxy statements, SEC, shareholder
By IR Web Report on March 12, 2008
IT’S still early in the season, but online annual reports and proxy statements are now flowing onto the Web at a rapid rate. We’ve been monitoring daily developments, especially in the US where large companies must for the first time comply with new requirements for usable online documents — although they clearly have noooo ideeaa [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual reports, Flash, GRI, philips electronics, progressive corp., proxy statements, rss, SEC, strategy
By IR Web Report on December 13, 2006
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today voted to let companies move to default Internet delivery of annual shareholder documents. Stressing that investors can still ask for free paper documents under its voluntary “e-proxy” process, commissioners voted 5-0 to allow companies to ditch bulk mailings of proxy materials and move to a “notice and [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged disclosure, e-proxy, earnings, Investor Relations, IR websites, law, nasdaq, online disclosure, printing, privacy, proxy statements, retail investors, SEC, securities, shareholder.com, technology, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, usability, web surveillance techniques, web usability
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