Activism, M&A Archive

The number of companies targeted by an activist during the first half of the year was at its lowest level in more than six years...

Oil majors received stunning climate mandates from their shareholders during the 2021 proxy season, including a historic vote to...

As activist activity shows signs of picking up relative to last year, there’s scope for issuers to learn lessons from the forced...

ExxonMobil acknowledged that shareholders at its AGM yesterday voted to install two director nominees from activist investor...

A ‘significant’ number of shareholders (20.7 percent) voted in support of a proposal calling on BP to set tougher emissions...

Shareholder activism continued its resurgence in the first three months of 2021 with a second consecutive quarter of heightened...

Inspired by say-on-pay voting, a British activist hedge fund is calling on companies to publish a climate transition plan and give...

– Republicans on the US Senate Banking Committee urged the SEC to reject a proposed rule from Nasdaq requiring public companies to...

Looking ahead at 2021, corporate management teams will be facing a very different operating environment from the one that...

The week in investor relations is taking a break for the holidays. We’ll be back the week of January 4, 2021. See you next year! –...