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Securities

Jun. 19, 2012

Proxy Season 2012: the role of supplemental proxy solicitations

While some have questioned the effectiveness of filing supplemental proxy solicitation materials, it is often important to do so for several reasons. By Jim Barrall of Latham & Watkins LLP


By Jim Barrall


We are now more than halfway through the 2012 annual shareholder meeting season for Russell 3000 companies. As of last Wednesday, 1,714 Russell 3000 companies have held their 2012 meetings and conducted their second mandatory say-on-pay votes under the Dodd-Frank Act. The overall vote results continue to be very consistent with those reported through mid-May and with the final 2011 say-on-pay vote results, except that the percentage of companies wh...

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