
Our Services
Advice driven by insight, innovation, and precision.
Commitment to excellence and a client-focused approach.
Tailored solutions that address complex challenges, strengthen decision-making, and drive sustainable success.
Proxy Services
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A full range of advisory and meeting support services designed to streamline your investor meetings or events, ensuring a successful outcome.
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Investor intelligence, governance, executive compensation and proxy solicitation services in support of your meeting vote.
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Tailored information agent services for voluntary events, with campaign strategies focused on maximizing participation.
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Comprehensive vote reporting and projection services that integrate with proxy solicitation and campaign management, offering insights into voting trends and strategies for effective response when needed.
Contested Situations
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Contested situations encompass the superset of our services - in supercharged mode. Success in these high-stakes environments hinges on deep knowledge and experience, anticipating the opposition's moves, and preparing for every possible outcome.
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Expert offensive and defensive strategic advisory services to navigate complex challenges.
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In-depth vulnerability assessments of competing visions for the company, including analysis of messaging and director nominees.
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Tailored communication strategies utilizing multi-channel engagement and targeted vote solicitation to effectively influence outcomes.
Investor Intelligence
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Comprehensive identification of securities ownership, including a clear understanding of decision-makers for institutional shareholders, specifying the circumstances under which decisions are made for each identified fund.
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In-depth analysis of shareholder activity, including the identification of those building positions and those divesting.
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Investor profiling, where applicable, to assess investment styles, institutional proxy voting policies, and historical voting behavior on resolutions.
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Detailed geographic analysis of shareholders, accompanied by an independent report to support regulatory compliance and reporting requirements.
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Activism analysis - identifying shareholders with known activist tendencies, those who have supported activists, and those who abstain from voting in contested scenarios—providing valuable insights for activism advisory services.
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Availability of shareholder survey services to gather additional insights.
Governance & Executive Compensation
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Expert guidance on all governance policies and emerging market trends.
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Comprehensive review of draft disclosures against Proxy Advisors (ISS & Glass Lewis) guidelines and institutional shareholder policies. Strategic recommendations to enhance disclosure to maximize support with ability to project shareholder support on resolutions.
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Executive compensation modeling using ISS and Glass Lewis frameworks, including recommendation projections for Say on Pay resolutions and shareholder support analysis.
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Equity plan assessment against the ISS scorecard, with strategic guidance on setting an optimal plan reserve while maintaining shareholder support. Insights into institutional policies exceeding the requirement of Proxy Advisors.
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Specialized advisory for issuers receiving less than 80% shareholder support on any resolution, including root cause analysis, available governance improvements, disclosure enhancements, and shareholder engagement strategies. Guidance on and/or management of a shareholder responsiveness engagement campaign, including working with board members to prepare for engagement discussions.
M&A
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Full suite of advisory services tailored to your transaction.
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Mitigate risks, ensuring alignment with Proxy Advisors and institutional shareholders by engaging with us early in the process.
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Strategic review of draft disclosure to present the strongest case for the transaction.
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Full suite of communications support.
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Direct solicitation of shareholders to secure support for the transaction.
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Available agency roles in support of a seamless closing post-approval.
Corporate Actions
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Range of advisory and agency services in support of your corporate actions.