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Attention, public companies: While your proxy statement is likely your most read disclosure document, its readership is spotty. Your retail owners and employees likely focus on some of the compensation information, but little else. And many institutional owners ' the ones who can determine the outcomes of your voting matters ' readily admit that they spend little or no time reading it, in many cases relying on the voting recommendations of proxy advisory firms.
There is, however, a better way. Every year, more and more companies are making their proxy statements more effective as communications and advocacy documents. They are attracting positive attention from institutional and retail investors alike for making their disclosures clear, crisp and readable. And they are resulting in more support for the board's positions and in fewer broker non-votes, which can often make the difference between victory and defeat on shareholder proposals and other “non-routine” matters.
This trend started a few years ago, when a few companies ' generally, those who could afford to and some that could not afford not to (due to low levels of voting support on say-on-pay and other matters) ' began to rethink their proxy statement disclosures, using their considerable strengths in consumer branding and other areas to support their positions on board- and shareholder-sponsored voting proposals alike. What's the secret sauce? Here are some of the ingredients.
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