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This blog gives you the latest topical news plus some informal comments on them from ShareSoc’s directors and other contributors. These are the personal comments of the authors and not necessarily the considered views of ShareSoc. The writers may hold shares in the companies mentioned. You can add your own comments on the blog posts, but note that ShareSoc reserves the right to remove or edit comments where they are inappropriate or defamatory.

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Anexo – another delisting on the cheap?

Anexo Group: Analysis of the 60p Bid and Investor Reaction  Following the 22nd July 2025 announcement of a takeover offer for Anexo Group plc, this blog provides an analysis...

Press Release: Digitisation Taskforce Report

Final report is fatally flawed and could lead to shareholders losing their rights Digitisation Taskforce has failed to address its Terms of Reference City lobby’s influence outweighed shareholder interests Move to fully intermediated (nominee) shareholding system fails to protect key shareholder rights Proposed “Bill of Shareholder Rights” misses the mark Report is silent on key stewardship issues “Investor pays” access to rights will further diminish shareholder engagement Critical checks and balances are at risk   London – 22nd July 2025 ShareSoc, the UK's premier ...

The Digitisation Taskforce Final Report

Taskforce proposals miss the mark. They put shareholder activism at risk and damage corporate governance.   The Digitisation Taskforce, comprising Sir Douglas Flint, Mark Austin and, latterly Chris Horton, has at long last released its long-awaited final report. The report recommends a staged plan to completely eliminate both paper share certificates and digitised share registers, forcing all UK investors into an intermediated (nominee) system where shares are held on their behalf by financial institutions: Step 1: Eliminate paper share certificates by 2027 (via a ...

UK PLC on Sale

The Alarming Trend of Undervaluation and an Exodus from the London Stock Exchange  The recent takeover of automotive engineering firm Dowlais Group by a US competitor starkly illustrates a worrying trend plaguing the UK stock market. Yet again, a British company has been acquired for what seems to be a bargain price, underscoring a persistent failure by UK investors to recognise the value inherent in their own domestic companies.   This apathy is leaving UK PLC vulnerable to foreign takeovers and contributing to ...

Vodafone Group plc Information and Vote Guidance 2025

AGM: 29th July 2025 Proxy deadline: 25th July 2025 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance. Below are links to the: 1. Stockopedia summary report. 2. Minerva Vote recommendations for the 29th July AGM based on their standard template. 3. Minerva detailed research report for the AGM. Summary of voting issues at this year’s AGM  The Minerva report highlights various issues and recommends voting against three of the resolutions. Readers should make their own voting ...

SSE plc Information and Vote Guidance 2025

AGM: 17th July 2025 Proxy deadline: 15th July 2025 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance. Below are links to the: 1. Stockopedia summary report. 2. Minerva Vote recommendations for the 17th July AGM based on their standard template. 3. Minerva detailed research report for the AGM. Summary of voting issues at this year’s AGM  The Minerva report highlights various issues and recommends voting against two of the resolutions. Readers should make their own voting ...

Experian plc Information and Vote Guidance 2025

AGM: 16th July 2025 Proxy deadline: 14th July 2025 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance. Below are links to the: 1. Stockopedia summary report. 2. Minerva Vote recommendations for the 16th July 2025 AGM based on their standard template. 3. Minerva detailed research report for the AGM. Summary of voting issues at this year’s AGM  The Minerva report highlights various issues and recommends voting against two of the resolutions. Readers should make their own ...

BT Group plc Information and Vote Guidance 2025

AGM: 10th July 2025 Proxy deadline: 8th July 2025 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance. Below are links to the: 1. Stockopedia summary report. 2. Minerva Vote recommendations for the 10th July 2025 AGM based on their standard template. 3. Minerva detailed research report for the AGM. Summary of voting issues at this year’s AGM  The Minerva report highlights various issues and recommends voting against two of the resolutions. Readers should make their own ...

Trump Accounts

  Better financial education, better investment launchpads for life, share ownership for all Should we be pressing for Starmer Accounts in the UK to rival Trump Accounts? Every child born in the USA from 31 Dec 2024 receives $1,000 in a Trump Account, a tax-deferred (not exempt) investment which tracks the performance of a broad-based US stock market index. Parents and others can also contribute up to $5,000 a year into the account. The Trump account will only invest in shares, not cash. The logic ...

SIGnet Launches New Group in Cambridge

SIGnet, a national network of individual investor groups, is excited to announce the launch of a new in-person group based in Cambridge.  Investors of all levels of experience are welcome to join.   SIGnet groups meet on a regular basis, typically monthly, to give individual investors the opportunity to socialise, discuss, and learn from each other. The main goal is to improve members' knowledge and investment decision-making processes through free discussion and mutual education.  You are invited: to an initial online launch meeting to ...
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