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ShareSoc Director Cliff Weight was interviewed on Bloomberg this morning (prior to the WPP Annual General Meeting). He suggested all FTSE-100 CEO pay was too high and it…
Read moreReaders will no doubt be aware from the national media and communications with shareholders that RIT Capital have approached Alliance Trust about a possible merger. The press have…
Read moreI published a report on the Rolls-Royce Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the last ShareSoc newsletter and also here. I wrote to the Chairman after the meeting complaining…
Read moreInvestors in Teathers Financial (TEA) have requisitioned an EGM to remove all the current directors and appoint new ones, which was accepted by the company on the 25th…
Read moreSeveral newspapers reported this morning that Alliance Trust (ATST) has been approached by RIT Capital Partners (RCP) about a possible merger. Both companies are listed investment trusts favoured…
Read moreShareSoc has issued a press release advising investors to vote against the Remuneration Report at WPP Plc. In particular we think the pay of CEO Sir Martin Sorrell…
Read moreToday I attended the Annual General Meeting of The Restaurant Group for the first time – held in the City of London at 10.00 am. There were about…
Read moreI was unfortunately unable to travel to the Alliance Trust AGM in Dundee as I hoped to do because of a medical problem, but here is a report…
Read moreYesterday I attended the Annual General Meeting of Rolls-Royce Plc – held at 11.00 in Nottingham (at a conference centre on the University Park). Why move the venue…
Read moreYesterday saw Weir Group Plc defeated on pay. Both the Remuneration Report and Remuneration Policy resolutions were lost with 73% and 70% of votes AGAINST them respectively. This…
Read moreShareSoc slams London Stock Exchange over AIM failures – that was the title of a press release which ShareSoc has issued after the LSE Group’s AGM which was…
Read moreAtlantis Japan Growth Fund (AJG) is a closed end investment company (i.e. like an investment trust) focussed on small Japanese companies. It has had disappointing performance in recent…
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