Every year, issuers must face the daunting task of getting shareholder approval for a variety or proposals. Attend this session and get an inside view into the shareholder’s approach and issuer process for helping you get the necessary votes from the institutional investors. Speakers from the The Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) and Laurel Hill will help provide some keen insight as we approach annual report and proxy season.

Hot Topics Discussed Include:

• issue selection: Say on Pay, Majority Voting
• Initiating contact with issuers: SHARE’s approach
• Issuer responses: the good, the bad and the silent
• Resources available to issuers with respect to shareholder engagement
• Specifically, in the event a management opposed shareholder proposal is on the agenda, what can be undertaken to address the resolution?
• Reporting out to the market

SHARE is a social enterprise that coordinates and implements responsible investment practices by providing proxy voting and shareholder engagement services as well as education, policy advocacy and practical research on emerging responsible investment issues.

The Laurel Hill Advisory Group specializes in complex shareholder communication issues and provides a range of tailored services including Proxy Solicitation, Information Agent, Shareholder Identification, and Shareholder Asset Recovery