Going Beyond
Shareholder Meeting Advisory & Solicitation Compendium
Welcome to Shareholder Meeting Advisory Solicitation Compendium, presented by Alliance Advisors. Here we will provide an expert perspective on recognizing and preparing for issues that can dramatically impact your shareholder vote and ultimately your stock market value.
We invite you to reach out to any one of our Shareholder Meeting Advisory & Solicitation Experts, they would be happy to share their expertise with you or your team.
Preparing for the 2025 Shareholder Meeting Season
Five Key Steps Companies Should Take Before Launching Their Shareholder Meeting
Harnessing The Power Of Retail Investors
Retail investors play a major role in stock markets today, propelled by a surge in investor activity that has continued to accelerate in a post-pandemic market. For public companies, this constituency group is a powerful, and necessary, force to harness.
Joseph Caruso
CEO
Joseph has been an active leader in the shareholder communications, intelligence and advisory industry for both corporate issuers and mutual funds since 1995.
How To Manage Negative Proxy Advisory Firm Recommendations
Winning favorable vote recommendations from the proxy advisors, ISS and Glass Lewis, certainly make a company’s annual shareholder meeting easier. However, when faced with an adverse vote recommendation, issuers should know there are still options on the table. The window for action is tight though, so preparing in advance is critical. Issuers can begin thinking through the following steps, so they can quickly move into action should there be opposition to any ballot items.
Domenick deRobertis
Chief Strategy Officer
Domenick is a seasoned professional who began his proxy solicitation and corporate governance consulting career in 1999. He specializes in meetings with complex agendas including mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation, capital restructurings, and shareholder-sponsored proposals.
Alliance Advisors receives this question often, and it was worth a deeper look.
If going back for shares two years in a row caused companies to lose support on their equity plan
proposals, then surely a company that asked shareholders to approve a new share increase six consecutive years would face a significant increase in ‘against’ votes over time.
Etelvina Martinez
Managing Director
Etelvina has been in the field of corporate governance since 2003 and has worked with issuers and institutional investors in the U.S. and several international markets.
M&A is a critical component of corporate growth and exit strategies. According to research by Morgan Stanley, M&A transactions could rise by half in 2024, with sectors as varied as banking and real estate enjoying a boost.
George Rubis
Senior Vice President & Head of Investor Intelligence
George Rubis joined Alliance Advisors as the Senior Vice President& Head of Investor Intelligence in 2020. George has been tasked with leading the business and product development for our Ownership Insight, Market Surveillance, Investor Targeting, and Perception Study programs.
Shareholder Meeting Advisory Representations 2024
In 2024 Alliance Advisors completed Annual Special, Annual General and Extraordinary General Shareholder Meetings for 727 Companies across 12 countries representing $6.6 trillion in market capitalization ( largest $400 billion ).
Our Shareholder Meeting Advisory Experts
Shareholder Meeting Advisory, Activism, and Governance Overview
With Alliance Advisors Going Beyond research series, we bring to the forefront pivotal discussions and content that are shaping the world of Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, ESG, Shareholder Activism, Retail Outreach and M&A.