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AGM: 8th May 2025
Proxy deadline: 6th May 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 8th May 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 three of the resolutions.
Readers should make their own ...
AGM: 8th May 2025
Proxy deadline: 6th May 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 8th May 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 ...
AGM: 8th May 2025
Proxy deadline: 6th May 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 8th May 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 ten of the resolutions.
Readers should make their own ...
AGM: 8th May 2025
Proxy deadline: 6th May 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 8th May 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 six of the resolutions.
Readers should make their own ...
Following the recent market turbulence surrounding President Trump’s 'Liberation Day' and the imposition of new Tariffs, I received a thought-provoking email from the investment firm Y-Tree. Their perspective was so useful that I wanted to share and expand on some of those ideas with fellow ShareSoc members. As background, you might also find my previous blog on asset allocation helpful.
In our investing lifetimes we will inevitably experience cycles of rising and falling growth, interest rates, and taxation. These cycles lead to ...
AGM: 7th May 2025
Proxy deadline: 5th May 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 7th May 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 four of the resolutions.
Readers should make their own ...
AGM: 7th May 2025
Proxy deadline: 5th May 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 7th May 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 six of the resolutions.
Readers should make their own ...
AGM: 2nd May 2025
Proxy deadline: 30th April 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 2nd May 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 four of the resolutions and three to be ...
AGM: 7th May 2025
Proxy deadline: 5th May 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 7th May 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 three of the resolutions.
Readers should make their own ...
AGM: 1st May 2025
Proxy deadline: 29th April 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 1st May 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 three of the resolutions.
Readers should make their own ...
