proxy

Signed on yesterday by proxies I arranged for myself.

I think with a shudder that her daughter will always be present in person, and have no agreeable proxies of that kind,--a fat, blond girl, with round blue eyes, who will stare at us silently."

Yet, questions inevitably arise about whether proxies give responses comparable to what might have been self-reported.

Proxies should strive for complete disclosure, not simply complying with SEC requirements.

I do appreciate that many associations do as your association has done with proxies. However, this opens the door to a successful challenge of an election.

Computershare has said that it has also received legal proxies which represent an additional approximately 2.5 million common shares voting in support of the Nordic Biotech nominees to the QLT board.

Using this strategy, shareholders who are dissatisfied with the management of a publicly traded corporation should either mark their proxies to withhold author to vote for management's proposed slate, or take steps to assure that their shares are not counted toward the quorum necessary in order to convene a shareholders' meeting, he explained.

Also, the company said it will make solicitation of proxies for the meeting under separate proxy materials filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under applicable federal securities laws, the company and its board may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in connection with it and as soon as its definitive proxy statement is filed, the company will mail the definitive proxy statement and a proxy card to each stockholder entitled to vote.

Should companies, as pension plan sponsors, exercise the right to vote their pension proxies or elinquish it to their investment managers?

If that notice is received by the Secretary before the close of business on the above mentioned date, then proxies designated by the company's board will have discretionary authority to vote on any such proposal.

KELBY: Phil, would you elaborate on your idea of built-in conflicts that investment managers have in voting proxies?

Advisers who vote proxies must do so in a manner consistent with their fiduciary obligations and, to the extent they rely on voting advice from proxy advisory firms they must take reasonable steps to ensure the use of that advice is consistent with their fiduciary duties.