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Shareholder Democracy

14 Feb 2019 / Shareholder Democracy

Unhelpful Computershare provide RBS register in ugly pdf format

I am writing this blog to castigate Computershare for their unhelpful service and suggest that registrars should be required to respond to valid register requests with a more…

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Company News

6 Feb 2019 / Company News

RBS General Meeting Report

98.7% of shareholders voted for the proposal, with 1.3% against. A very strong majority. UKGI did not vote their shares. I watched the General Meeting on the webcast.…

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Company News

22 Jan 2019 / Company News

RBS General Meeting: You Decide!

I have today published two posts on ShareSoc’s blog, expressing different opinions on RBS’s proposed resolution to buy back shares from HM Treasury. One from our chairman and…

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Company News

22 Jan 2019 / Company News

RBS Share Buy-Back

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is proposing to buy-back up to 4.99% of its shares from the stake held by the Government (by UKGI on its behalf).…

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Company News

22 Jan 2019 / Company News

RBS General Meeting – Voting Considerations

RBS has called a General Meeting for 6th February to consider a Special Resolution giving the group the authority to make off-market purchases of up to 4.99% of…

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Company News

7 Dec 2018 / Company News

Banks Claims Group Limited, FCA and RBS

Neil Mitchell, who ran Torex Retail before he blew the whistle on an earlier fraud at the software company and RBS’s Global Restructuring Group took control of the…

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ShareSoc News

14 Jul 2018 / ShareSoc News

RBS AGM result and subsequent publicity

Paul Jackson wrote an in-depth analysis of the RBS Shareholder Committee campaign and the issues raised in the prestigious Investors Chronicle, 22 June 2018 issue, which is read…

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Corporate Stewardship

5 Jul 2018 / Corporate Stewardship

Whose company is it anyway?

Paul Jackson wrote an in-depth analysis of the RBS Shareholder Committee campaign and the issues raised in the prestigious Investors Chronicle, 22 June 2018 issue, which is read…

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ShareSoc News

9 Jun 2018 / ShareSoc News

Access to Placings for Individual Investors

The FT, 7 June, publishes ShareSoc and the UK Shareholders’ Association joint letter about placings which exclude individual investors. We continue to urge all companies and their brokers…

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ShareSoc News

29 Apr 2018 / ShareSoc News

RBS AGM Voting Recommendations, Remuneration and Campaign Update

ShareSoc recommend voting FOR the Shareholder Committee Resolution 27 and AGAINST Resolution 2, the Remuneration Report at the RBS AGM, which will be held on 30 May at…

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19 Mar 2018 / ShareSoc News

RBS Confirms Shareholder Committee Resolution will be put to AGM Vote

Press Release 102 – Joint Press Release from UKSA and ShareSoc RBS Confirms Shareholder Committee Resolution will be put to AGM Vote * RBS has accepted our requisition…

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ShareSoc News

14 Feb 2018 / ShareSoc News

RBS Shareholder Committee: We’ve (almost) won!

Great news from RBS! RBS have agreed to have our resolution put to the AGM. UNFORTUNATELY, they will only agree to this, if the resolution is a SPECIAL…

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