Designing a Shareholder Access Rule
Corporate Governance Advisor, Vol. 12, pp. 28-32, 2004
12 Pages Posted: 4 Mar 2004 Last revised: 5 May 2009
Date Written: 2004
Abstract
This paper examines the specific features of the shareholder access rule recently proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. I suggest that, even accepting the Commission's generally cautious approach and its desire to limit shareholder access to cases where the need for it is evident, the restrictions included in the rule proposal are excessive and should be relaxed. In particular, I identify several changes in these restrictions that would contribute to attaining the policy goals that the proposed rule seeks to serve.
Keywords: corporate governance, directors, shareholders, shareholder voting, corporate ballot, corporate elections, proxy fights, proxy contests, proxy rules, SEC.
JEL Classification: D70, G30, G32, G34, G38, K22
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