Most investors don't care
about shareholder proposals.
A more conservative estimate might use data
about shareholder proposals under current SEC regulations.
Not exact matches
You can gauge the interest in responsible investing simply from the increase in
shareholder proposals being filed
about ESG issues and the exponential growth in the number of questions being asked by institutional investors, researchers and clients - and as a CEO, I have to make trade offs that may not be in the best short term profit interest of the Bank but are viewed in our best long term interest.
For detailed information on the vote required with respect to
shareholder proposals and the choices available for casting your vote, please see Frequently Asked Questions
About Our Annual Meeting.
However, Icahn's
proposal (No. 10) probably will stir discussion
about how much money Apple should return to
shareholders.
Some
shareholder proposals and supporting statements may contain assertions
about Walmart that we believe are incorrect, and we have not tried to refute all such inaccuracies in the company's responses.
In our statements in opposition, we have not attempted to refute all of the assertions made
about Walmart in the
shareholder proposals.
Zooming in on climate change, Proxy Preview highlights one new
shareholder proposal «that raises questions
about transporting oil and gas by train and several taking up different angles on deforestation that connect ecological and human rights impacts.»
InsideClimate News reviewed 25 years» worth of
shareholder proposals at the three largest U.S. oil companies — ExxonMobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips — to see how they responded to investor concerns
about climate change.
It's interesting to consider what this type of calculation would show
about other
shareholder proposals, especially this year where two
proposals pertained to areas where Alphabet is facing public pressure.
The state in which a company is incorporated would have the latitude to decide under what circumstances to permit
shareholder proposals, and would adjudicate any questions
about whether a
proposal must be included.
Treasury has
about 73,000
shareholders and a letter from chairman Paul Rayner on May 26 said the KKR
proposal «did not reflect the fundamental value of the company».
Glanbia had agreed in April to sell its Irish dairy business to its majority
shareholder Glanbia Co-operative Society for
about $ 343m but the
proposals narrowly failed to garner enough support from the membership.
New York City's pension funds have submitted
about 55
shareholder proposals for 2014, withdrawing nearly half after reaching agreements with the companies, spokesman Eric Sumberg said.
InsideClimate News reviewed 25 years» worth of
shareholder proposals at the three largest U.S. oil companies — ExxonMobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips — to see how they responded to investor concerns
about climate change.
The fracking disclosure
proposal rejected at this year's ExxonMobil
shareholders meeting was only the latest demonstration that voting
shareholders at ExxonMobil and people concerned
about the environment share only a 25 - 30 % overlap on a Venn diagram.
On Tuesday, Norway's $ 872 billion sovereign wealth fund said it would vote in favor of
shareholder proposals at Exxon and Chevron Corp. that would require the companies to report more fully
about the risks their businesses could face from tougher carbon policies and extreme climate impacts.