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Apr 30, 1996

Proxy 1996

Today's proxy fights area ll about performance, whether they emanate from activists, destabilisers, unions or gadflies

Like so much else in life, the annual proxy round has become a more complicated affair over recent years. Time was when proxy fights were launched by corporate raiders, governance boffins or socio-political banner-wavers and gadflies. In each case the motives were distinct. The raiders were fighting for control; the activists were fighting over issues like staggered boards, confidential voting or poison pills; and the banner-wavers and gadflies were gunning for political causes (South Africa,

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Janet Dignan

Janet Dignan is a graduate of Otago University in New Zealand, where she read philosophy. From 1979 to1982 she was head of information at Linklaters, with responsibility for internal and external information resources for its offices in London, Hong...
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