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Musings: SEC's Proposal to Report Voting Results

- Broc Romanek, TheCorporateCounsel.net

For those that regularly read my blog, you know I was happy to see the SEC propose a requirement that would force companies to disclose the voting totals from their shareholder meetings more timely. It has always amazed me that some companies stonewall on the vote results - it's a poor PR move as it riles shareholders (see this… Continue

Posted on July 29, 2009 at 12:56pm

The Surprise: SEC Proposes Expedited Disclosure of Voting Results

Although most of the SEC's big open Commission meeting today went as telegraphed by earlier statements by the SEC Chair, there was one big surprise. The SEC proposed a new Form 8-K requirement for companies to disclose the results of a shareholder vote within four business days after the end of the meeting at which the vote was held (in contested elections, the final results would be permitted to be delayed under certain circumstances).

As I've… Continue

Posted on July 1, 2009 at 10:12pm — 1 Comment

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At 2:32pm on July 4, 2009, PEGGY FORAN said…: Broc: tried to send you an email but it bounced back. Can you send me your current email or contact me at margaret.foran@yahoo.com? Happy 4th to you and yours!

At 10:42pm on July 1, 2009, James McRitchie said…: Broc, great to see your involvement in this new project. Hopefully, efforts like shareowners.org, Investor Suffrage Movement & Proxy Democracy, will really help retail shareowners and beneficial owners to get involved. I hope you will help spread the word through thecorporatecounsel.net and your other ventures.

I hope you will also consider sending a comment to the SEC supporting our petition to prevent blank votes by retail shareowners from automatically turning into votes for management. No, it is not the same as broker voting.

See http://www.corpgov.net/news/news.html#BlankVotes Your involvement could really help move the initiative forward. I'd like to ensure it is at least on the table with the proxy “plumbing” issues.

At 1:13pm on July 1, 2009, Richard Ferlauto said…: Yes, would love to do a pad cast and link that to this site also. Big action at the SEC today we should talk about how this impacts.

At 7:14am on July 1, 2009, Richard Ferlauto said…: Appreciate any PR you can give to this networking site--our goal is to attract retail shareholders and give them information and the tools to organize.