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		<title>SEC&#8217;s IAC Seeks Input for Agenda</title>
		<link>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/09/secs-iac-seeks-input-for-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/09/secs-iac-seeks-input-for-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jamesmcritchie]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blank votes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broker letters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[client directed voting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dodd-Frank Act established the Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) to advise the Securities and Exchange Commission on regulatory priorities, the regulation of securities products, trading strategies, fee structures, the effectiveness of disclosure, and on initiatives to protect investor interests and to promote investor confidence and the integrity of the securities marketplace. The IAC met for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Proxy Advisors Obstruct Proxy Access</title>
		<link>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/08/proxy-advisors-obstruct-proxy-access/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glyn Holton]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Forest Labs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glass Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glyn Holton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H&R Block]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim McRitchie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Chevedden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medtronic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good news is that, on the second round of submissions of the USPX model proxy access proposal, the SEC rejected all no-action requests. We now have votes coming up in the next couple months at Forest Labs ($FRX), Medtronic ($MDT) and H&#38;R Block ($HRB). All three were submtted by individual shareowner Kenneth Steiner. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Proxy Access Moves Forward</title>
		<link>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/08/proxy-access-moves-forward-forest-labs-medtronic-hr-block/</link>
		<comments>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/08/proxy-access-moves-forward-forest-labs-medtronic-hr-block/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jamesmcritchie]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Labs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FRX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H&R Block]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HRB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Chevedden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Steiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MDT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medtronic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proxy access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United State Proxy Exchange]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cartoon at left accompanied an article entitled Where are the funds? (Pensions &#38; Investments, 3/5/2012). P&#38;I lamented, &#8220;instead of sitting on the sidelines, activist investors should take advantage of the opportunity to file access proposals&#8230; proxy access proponents must be adventurous.&#8221; Working through the USPX, individual shareowners are using the key; adventure is on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Panning for Gold at the USPX Annual Members Meeting</title>
		<link>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/07/panning-for-gold-at-the-uspx-annual-members-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/07/panning-for-gold-at-the-uspx-annual-members-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glyn Holton]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over July 13-15, USPX members descended on California&#8217;s gold country for our Second Annual Members Meeting. We rented a house near Placerville for the weekend. Friday afternoon was mostly socializing. Saturday was the business portion of the meeting. Sunday, we had fun exploring historical sites in the area. Vin Cirulli and Glyn Holton both got [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>MoxyVote.com Changed Vision of ShareOwners</title>
		<link>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/07/in-celebration-of-moxyvote-com/</link>
		<comments>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/07/in-celebration-of-moxyvote-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jamesmcritchie]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Eggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[client directed voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Latham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Schlegel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moxy Vote]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MoxyVote.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ProxyDemocracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ProxyDemocracy.org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Kerber]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As co-founder Mark Schlegel announced Tuesday, MoxyVote.com will be closing down its proxy voting platform at the end of the month. See also Ross Kerber&#8217;s report for Reuters at Shareholder website closing, cites complex voting rules, 7/11/2012 and Mark Latham&#8217;s Sad News: @MoxyVote Is Closing #Corpgov. On the surface, it seems like a real tragedy. I&#8217;m sure Mark, Doug [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Proxy Access Efforts</title>
		<link>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/07/2012-proxy-access-efforts/</link>
		<comments>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/07/2012-proxy-access-efforts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jamesmcritchie]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[$PNBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ferro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FOE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Labs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francis Byrd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FRX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurel Hill Advisory Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MDT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medtronic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Princeton National Bancorp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proxy access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sullivan & Cromwell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Glyn Holton reported last week, the SEC denied no-action requests from Forest Labs ($FRX) and Medtronic ($MDT). (SEC Delivers For Shareowners On Proxy Access, 6/29/2012) Therefore, shareowners will get an opportunity to vote in favor of proxy access at upcoming shareowner meetings. The most definitive report on proxy access efforts I have seen so far [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>SEC Delivers for Shareowners on Proxy Access</title>
		<link>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/06/sec-delivers-for-shareowners-on-proxy-access/</link>
		<comments>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/06/sec-delivers-for-shareowners-on-proxy-access/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glyn Holton]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Rudewicz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim McRitchie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Chevedden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenneth Steiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proxy access]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[USPX members&#8217; efforts to advance proxy access got a boost today from SEC staff. Two companies, Forest Labs ($FRX) and Medtronic ($MDT), had sought no-action letters from Commission staff to allow them to exclude from their proxy materials the USPX model proxy access proposal. Both requests have been denied. These decisions come on the heals [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated Model Proxy Access Proposal</title>
		<link>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/03/updated-model-proxy-access-proposal/</link>
		<comments>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/03/updated-model-proxy-access-proposal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glyn Holton]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Davidson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glyn Holton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim McRitchie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proxy access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Foley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rule 14a-8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Neiman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vincent Cirulli]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks after SEC lawyers granted six corporations approval to exclude &#8220;proxy access&#8221; proposals from their proxy materials, USPX members are already submitting an updated version of that same proposal to other corporations. Updated language addresses the flimsy pretexts for the lawyers&#8217; decision, as well as implementing improvements to the proposal language that shareowners have [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Pushback From SEC Staff</title>
		<link>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/03/pushback-from-sec-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/03/pushback-from-sec-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glyn Holton]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiquita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Monier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gibson Dunn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Belliston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim McRitchie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenneth Steiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MEMC Electronic Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no-action process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proxy access]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stinson Morrison Hecker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Stunning&#8221;, &#8220;arbitrary&#8221;, &#8220;unjustifiied&#8221; &#8230; &#8220;questionable&#8221;: these are some of the words individual shareowners are using to describe the SEC handling of six corporations&#8217; requests to be allowed to exclude the USPX model proxy access proposal from their 2012 proxy materials.{{1}} This week, the Commission&#8217;s staff approved every one of those requests. Corporate executives routinely solicit [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Locking Out Shareowners (For a Fee)</title>
		<link>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/02/locking-out-shareowners-for-a-fee/</link>
		<comments>http://newcapitalist.org/2012/02/locking-out-shareowners-for-a-fee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glyn Holton]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Governance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the most sinister development in finance since robo-signing of foreclosure documents: corporations locking shareowners out of their own annual meetings. The pretext is internet technology that supposedly allows shareowners to participate &#8220;virtually&#8221; instead. But the technology breaks down, and companies are suspected of using it to suppress criticism. If a CEO has security [&#8230;]]]></description>
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