Why companies differ over ‘proxy access’

Reema Khrais Apr 18, 2017
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Why companies differ over ‘proxy access’

Reema Khrais Apr 18, 2017
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Investors in IBM will vote next week on whether to give themselves more rights to influence company decisions. Many companies have already embraced a kind of governance called “proxy access,” where shareholders can nominate company officials. But other corporations, including IBM and Charles Schwab, oppose it. 

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