“Investors across the board are becoming much more involved with the companies they own,” says Bruce Goldfarb, CEO of proxy solicitation firm Okapi Partners. “This doesn’t always mean running proxy contests or publicly challenging the management. It often means working behind the scenes with the company and the board to shape the long-term strategy.” Download […]
Bruce Goldfarb and Patrick McHugh write about how to design and execute a successful proxy solicitation campaign for the Winter 2016 edition of Ethical Boardroom Magazine. Read the entire article HERE
Dow, DuPont, Yahoo — Activist Shareholders Hit a Trifecta Paula Schaap December 9, 2015 — 4:28 PM EST Pressure from investors set in motion changes in strategy DuPont proxy vote was `watershed moment for activism’ Activist investors are showing they couldn’t care less about the size and stature of their target […]
Dec 10, 2015 7:18pm EST Activist pressure helps reshape U.S. corporates, from Yahoo to Dow NEW YORK | BY MICHAEL FLAHERTY Activist investors are building bigger stakes in bigger companies and their influence is helping reshape the landscape of corporate USA. Merger discussions between Dow Chemical (DOW.N) and DuPont (DD.N), two of the biggest […]
Boards Boost Efforts to Influence Proxy Firms By Lindsay Frost, Dec. 7, 2015 Directors are spending more time trying to influence proxy advisors’ recommendations on their companies — both inside and outside the proxy season — according to a survey and observations by proxy firms. The two largest proxy advisors, ISS and Glass […]
– Proxy solicitation and corporate advisory firm on track for record year – NEW YORK, November 30, 2015 – Okapi Partners LLC, a leading independent provider of proxy solicitation services and shareholder response advice to corporations, institutional investors and mutual fund companies, is pleased to announce it has moved its New York headquarters from Madison […]
Activist Investors Get a Welcome Seat at the Table By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON NOV. 4, 2015 For decades, corporate America rejected activist investors, accusing them of being corporate raiders out to make a quick buck. But these days, some of America’s biggest companies are trying to think more like them. When United Technologies weighed the possibility […]
If You Can’t Get Over the Quorum Bar, Set the Bar Lower BoardIQ Article published on November 3, 2015 By Greg Saitz Along with the rather routine business of electing fund directors at SEI, a pending proxy also asks shareholders to approve a less common proposal – reducing quorum requirements to hold a meeting from a majority of […]