Results for “AGM voting guidance”

Northern Venture Managers Investor Seminar (NVT) 2018

Post Date: February 28, 2018

I attended the annual Northern Venture Managers Investor Seminar at the British Museum on 28th February. Before the meeting started I mingled with the guests and bumped into Simon Constantine,…

AGM Date: February 28, 2017 Author: Mike Dennis Read more

Worldwide Healthcare Trust and Investor Voting

Post Date: June 16, 2019

I recently received the Annual Report of Worldwide Healthcare Trust (WWH). This is one of those companies that has stopped sending out proxy voting forms for their AGM. The Registrar…

ShareSoc’s Response to the “Shareholder Voting Rights” Consultation

Post Date: April 22, 2012

Our response to the Shareholder Voting Rights Consultation is contained in this document: Shareholder_Voting_Rights. In summary we support the main proposals, would like to see binding votes on pay being…

Dewhurst: Another Delisting on the Cheap?

Post Date: August 19, 2025

…latest available shareholder information (as of June 14, 2022), the Dewhurst family and related parties hold significant stakes in both the Ordinary (voting) and ‘A’ (non-voting) shares, indicating they hold…

ShareSoc Launches New Director Remuneration Guidelines

Post Date: May 20, 2016

…follow these guidelines. ShareSoc Members will criticise companies who do not follow the ShareSoc guidelines and will raise questions at AGM’s on compliance. The full Guidelines are present in this…

Van Elle AGM (VANL) AGM report 2019

Post Date: September 18, 2019

…Gervais Williams, a respected small cap investor, who slipped in at the back of the AGM room but did not participate in the Q&A. Normally, institutional investors shun AGMs, so…

AGM Date: September 12, 2019 Author: Bill Hall Read more

Persimmon 2018 AGM Voting Recommendations

Post Date: April 22, 2018

…our recommendations for the 2017 and 2016 Persimmon AGMs. – Persimmon Voting Recommendations – PRESS RELEASE 92 27/03/2017 – ShareSoc Advises Investors to Vote Against Persimmon Plc Remuneration Report –…

RBS Confirms Shareholder Committee Resolution will be put to AGM Vote

Post Date: March 19, 2018

…and voting at the AGM is ineffective, as institutions do not like to vote against the directors’ recommendations. A more professional and systematic process is required. This impasse can be…

Byotrol (BYOT) AGM REPORT 2017

Post Date: September 28, 2017

On Friday 28th September 2017 I attended the AGM of Byotrol plc at the London offices of finnCap, a venue that will be familiar to some ShareSoc members as it…

AGM Date: September 28, 2017 Author: Steve Holdsworth Read more

Woodford Campaign Update 14

Post Date: January 16, 2024

…Scheme and raises questions as to whether the Vote was representative. In this regard, we focused on: voting form and voting complexity. whether the voting outcome is representative of the…

Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust Plc (HSL) AGM 2017

Post Date: October 5, 2017

Today I attended the 129th Annual General Meeting of this company in their city of London offices with 30 or so mostly retired gentleman shareholders in attendance. The Chairman, Jamie…

AGM Date: October 5, 2017 Author: Alex Lawson Read more

Whitbread (WTB) AGM 2017

Post Date: June 22, 2017

…about the difficulty of voting. I asked the Chairman to talk to Capita about it. See my blog post here which covers the issue: https://www.sharesoc.org/blog/regulations-and-law/its-getting-more-difficult-to-vote/ . Voting on-line required three…

AGM Date: June 21, 2017 Author: Roger Lawson Read more

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