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re. ShareSoc Chairman's Blog

Roger Lawson — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:09:49 +0100

Roger Lawson posted:
Thanks, I'll take a look at the ICSA document which I was not aware of.

re. ShareSoc Chairman's Blog

emptyend — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:08:45 +0100

emptyend posted:
Yes - I agree that it should be imposed on them, if they are dragging their feet. It is highly unlikely that any shareholder would want to move nominee just to ensure they are properly enfranchised - but it is very relevant when they are choosing one in the first place! You might also want to add this ICSA link to your website, as it contains (inter alia) a specimen format for a LoR (page 22). I am aware that some nominee companies have used forms of LoR that may prove...

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Roger Lawson — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:44:50 +0100

Roger Lawson posted:
This is certainly an issue we have been pushing to solve at every opportunity. For example, I raised the problem of nominee accounts at a meeting at the Treasury earlier this week. As you point out, one big problem is those brokers who do not make it easy for nominee shareholders to vote and we have highlighted those who we know do provide a good service in that respect on this page of our web site: www.sharesoc.org/nominee_accounts.html . We also encourage our members to look at this issue and use...

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emptyend — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:59:41 +0100

emptyend posted:
Another recent bad example (after the BAE Systems (LON:BA.) AGM previously commented upon) was the AGM of Royal Bank of Scotland (LON:RBS) yesterday. Only 127 shareholders attended the meeting in Edinburgh, which is well down on the figures in previous years. Perhaps shareholders have become apathetic about the future of their financial interest in the company since it has been eroded so sharply? Just on the topic of shareholder apathy, I was at an AGM yesterday for a company which has 7,000+ shareholders, mostly private investors. Approximately 20 shareholders...

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harryr — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:12:50 +0100

harryr posted:
We all know the Market Makers need to make a profit on AIM stocks, however these two trades show them for what they are.!! Feedback PLC: Thur 16th May 2013. Sale of 900,000 shares @ 0.15p 9.36AM Buy of 1M shares @0.38p 10.42AM

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ShareSoc — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:15:13 +0100

ShareSoc posted:
Posted by ShareSoc at 09:15, May 18 2013. Tornados in Texas, and crying Wolf in the FT Attending the AGM of Amlin (LON:AML) , a major “catastrophe” insurer, reminded me to consider the issues of climate change again. Coincidentally there were tornados in Texas last week and also an article in the Financial Times by their correspondent Martin Wolf entitled “Why the world faces climate chaos”. Without debating the question of whether humans via the generation of CO2 are creating climate change (which Mr Wolf argues is “basic science” in his...

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ShareSoc — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:09:31 +0100

ShareSoc posted:
Posted by ShareSoc at 14:05, May 15 2013. Presentations at AGMs – Michelmersh Brick is setting a good example Revitalising the Annual General Meetings (AGMs) of public companies is one of the objectives of ShareSoc. One way to do that is for a company to include a presentation to investors at their AGMs covering the financial results of the last year, the current state of trading and any other useful information about the opportunities and challenges the company faces. Of course the company has typically already prepared and given such a presentation...

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ShareSoc — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:59:01 +0100

ShareSoc posted:
Posted by ShareSoc at 11:08, May 13 2013. Blinkx results – a good example of how to present them This morning Blinkx (LON:BLNX) announced their preliminary results. Blinkx is a technology business based on an internet video search engine and advertising platform. The results were better than expected, but the key point worth noting is the live web cast of the analysts’ conference call that anyone could participate in. Why do not all companies do it this way? If a small company such as Blinkx can do it why not others? The...

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emptyend — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:36:45 +0100

emptyend posted:
This kind of behaviour shows that those engaging in such have no etiquette whatsoever.....I thought the Eco inspired disruption of the BP AGM, pertaining to the Canada sands and the same reworded questions being posed on numerous occasions was tiresome enough, but this took the biscuit. If it's obvious that attendees are clearly not interested in the company, nor invested to any significant degree (holding 1 share is frankly ridiculous) and merely attending to disrupt then they should be swiftly removed from the building - preferably with a forcible...

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Fangorn — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:58:04 +0100

Fangorn posted:
I'm surprised that there were so many "hecklers" there on a Wednesday morning - presumably none of these individuals worked (that, or their human rights/amnesty international or employers of similar ilk gave them time off to protest), Failing that they're most likely students who should be spending their time more profitably. A list of such people, with their personal details, should be taken and cross referenced with those currently in education or in receipt of welfare benefits of any kind related to looking for work imo - if you're on...