The number of shareholder proposals made by activist shareholders, votes against management proposals and the number of publicly listed companies facing shareholder proposal continues its upward trend....more
12/27/2022
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Forty-eight Japanese companies received shareholder proposals in the June 2021 general meetings (162 proposals in total). This represents a modest decrease compared to last year, when 55 companies received shareholder...more
11/17/2021
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Foreign Corporations ,
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While balance sheet proposals saw a slight downturn, COVID-19 and FEFTA appear not to have dampened shareholders' desire to effect change via AGMÂ proposals....more
8/1/2020
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Another record breaking year for shareholder proposals, including significant support for activists' and other dissident proposals -
The number of shareholder proposals made by activist shareholders, votes against...more
9/14/2019
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Executive Compensation ,
Institutional Investors ,
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Share Buybacks ,
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