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SHAREHOLDER GROUPS, INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS LAUNCHING MAJOR EFFORT TO PROTECT INTERESTS OF INVESTORS IN WAKE OF CITIZENS UNITED COURT RULING
Shareholder Resolutions, SEC Rulemaking and Congress All Seen as Venues to Ensure Full Board Accountability in New Era of Unleashed Political Contributions.
WASHINGTON, D.C.///February 4, 2010///A large and growing group of shareholder organizations and major investors announced today that they are working together to advance a wide-ranging, three-pronged response to the last month's U.S. Supreme Court decision providing much greater latitude to corporations making campaign contributions.
The effort organized by the ShareOwners.org (
http://www.ShareOwners.org) will focus on a combination of proxy resolutions by shareholder advocates, rulemaking by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and legislation by Congress. (See more details below.)
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