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Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance News This section on Corporate Governance provides investors with the latest topical news plus some informal comments and insights from ShareSoc’s directors and other contributors.

Company News

16 May 2017 Company News

BP PLC Remuneration Policy – ShareSoc’s comments prior to the AGM

In preparation to BP’s AGM tomorrow (17th May 2017), ShareSoc’s Remuneration spokesman has prepared this post on the company’s remuneration policy and many other issues. Overall, the changes…

Company News

10 May 2017 Company News

RBS, Akzo Nobel and Hornby

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) AGM is tomorrow and it will be interesting to see what excuses the board of directors give for rejecting the requisition of…

Company News

5 May 2017 Company News

Rolls-Royce – Audits Investigated and AGM

Yesterday (4/5/2017) I attended the Rolls-Royce (RR.) Annual General Meeting in Derby. In former years they used to hold the meetings in London but it’s been Nottingham and…

Company News

27 Apr 2017 Company News

Hornby Requisition Opposed

Investor Alexander Anton previously requisitioned a General Meeting of Hornby (HRN) to have Chairman Roger Canham removed from the board and get himself appointed as a director. Mr…

Company News

11 Apr 2017 Company News

RBS AGM Voting Recommendations

ShareSoc has today issued the following press release giving voting recommendations for the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS): ShareSoc recommends voting against the…

General News

5 Apr 2017 General News

Hard Hitting BEIS Report on Corporate Governance and Pay

The BEIS Commons Select Committee have today published a strongly worded report on Corporate Governance after its recent hearings on the subject. Here are some of the key…

General News

2 Apr 2017 General News

FT Article on RBS and Shareholder Committees

The Financial Times have published an article under the headline “Investors fight RBS snub to shareholder committee move”. It covers the battle by ShareSoc to get the Royal…

Remuneration

24 Mar 2017 Remuneration

Crest Nicholson Lose Pay Vote

Builder Crest Nicholson (CRST) lost the Remuneration Report vote at their AGM yesterday with 58% opposed (107 million votes against plus another 5 million withheld on a 74%…

Company News

22 Mar 2017 Company News

Pay Revolts and Rolls-Royce Voting Recommendations

According to a number of press reports we seem to be heading into the AGM season with another year of pay revolts. There are also rumours that Mrs…

Company News

10 Mar 2017 Company News

Employee Directors at Sports Direct

It seems that controversial company Sports Direct (SPD) are likely to become the first UK public company to have a worker on their board. They plan to appoint…

General News

28 Feb 2017 General News

AIC Response to Green Paper

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) have published their response to the Government’s Green Paper on Corporate Governance. One recommendation contained therein is that “The AIC also recommends…

Company News

28 Feb 2017 Company News

FRC to Investigate Redcentric Audit

Further to ShareSoc’s campaign regarding accounting irregularities and related matters at Redcentric (AIM:RCN), I am delighted to see that the FRC has launched an investigation into the audit of…

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