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August 26, 2008
Investors Achieve Major Company Commitments on Climate Change

By: Investors Achieve Major Company Commitments on Climate Change

ICCR: BOSTON – Investors engaging with U.S. companies on the financial risks and opportunities from climate change achieved breakthrough results during the 2008 proxy season. A record 57 climate-related shareholder resolutions...


July 31, 2008
CalPERS Seeks Annual Election of La-Z-Boy Board Directors Opposes Re-election of 3 Directors

By: CalPERS

SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is seeking support for its proposal to give shareowners the right to elect directors of La-Z-Boy Inc. each year.


July 1, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
RiskMetrics Group Opens Institutional Policy Formulation Process; Expanded Universe Of Institutions, Corporations And Industry Constituents Invited To Provide Policy Input For The 2009 Proxy Season

By: PR Newswire

 

NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- RiskMetrics Group, a leading provider of risk management and corporate governance services to the global financial community, today kicked off its annual policy formulation process by inviting...


June 23, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
Dissident TVI Shareholders Win Partial Victory; Opposition Achieved Widespread Shareholder Support In Contested Annual Meeting

By: PR Newswire

 

NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The "Dissident" TVI Corporation(NASDAQ:TVIN)shareholders, Allen Bender and Jeffrey Squires, won overwhelming support for their Proposal to de-classify TVI's Board of Directors, and...


June 19, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
Armstrong Blocks Media From Annual Meeting; Issues That Might Draw Shareholder Questions Include Armstrong's Sharply Higher Executive Pay And Its Lower Recent Financial Results.

By: Lancaster New Era (Pennsylvania)
Tim Mekeel

 

In good times and bad, Armstrong World Industries invited the media to cover its annual meetings.

Reporters attended for decades, conveying to the public what the company's executives and shareholders said.

But not this year....


June 18, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
Largest Shareholder Disputes Claims By Genco's Chairman In Proxy Contest

By: Market News Publishing

 

GENCO RESOURCES ("GGC-T") - Largest Shareholder Disputes Claims by Genco's Chairman - in Proxy Contest James R. Anderson, a former Board member and, together with his spouse, the largest shareholder of Genco Resources Ltd. of...


June 17, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
Leading Three Proxy Advisory Firms Recommend A 'Withhold' Vote Against Chico's FAS Director John W. Burden; 'Withhold' Campaign Led By Spotlight Capital Gains Momentum

By: PR Newswire

 

NEW YORK, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Spotlight Capital Management, LLC, an investment management firm focused on enhancing the long-term value of underperforming public companies, announced today that the three leading proxy...


June 16, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
RiskMetrics Group - ISS Governance Services (ISS) Recommends CSX Shareholders Elect Four TCI/3G Board Nominees

By: Business Wire

 

The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP ("TCI") and 3G Capital Partners, Ltd. ("3G") today announced that RiskMetrics Group - ISS Governance Services ("ISS"), the leading independent proxy voting advisory and...


June 3, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER THOMPSON APPLAUDS COMPANIES FOR AGREEING TO DISCLOSE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

By: US States News
US States News

 

The New York City Comptroller issued the following press release:

New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. today announced that four companies have agreed with requests by the New York City Pension Funds that they...


June 2, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
SUPPORT RISES FOR A SAY ON CEO PAY


By: The Baltimore Sun
JAY HANCOCK

The "say on pay" movement isn't saying as much as some people had hoped. So far this year, most proposals to let shareholders make nonbinding "approve" or "disapprove" votes on executive compensation are failing, and some are...


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