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The Motley Fool June 6, 2005 Rich Duprey	Flamel Inflames Passions The nanotech firm faces a fiery shareholder fight. Is Flamel doing enough to promote its medical technologies? Management says yes, but shareholders disagree. Here's a survey of the battlefield.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2005 Gardner & Mann	Quality Systems: Board Battle Rages On The electronic records software provider's final slate of directors is being contested by dissident shareholder and director Ahmed Hussein. If a lawsuit is brewing from the vote count, management and its board should have revealed it to shareholders.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Your Stocks' Secrets Investors, knowledge is power, so don't ignore a freely available source of the best-kept corporate secrets -- the proxy statement. Proxy season is upon us -- don't forget to do your homework.
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Louis Lavelle	A Simple Way To Make Boards Behave Requiring directors to win a majority of votes would give shareholders more say. Investors at as many as 100 companies will vote on nonbinding shareholder resolutions urging those companies to adopt majority voting.
HBS Working Knowledge July 5, 2006 Joseph Hinsey	Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction Corporate governance reformers are pushing the idea of majority voting for directors. But that solution won't produce the desired outcome. The answer? Keep CEOs and board chairs separate.
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 David Henry	Mutual Funds: Tossing Out The Rubber Stamp A new SEC rule that takes effect next year will require mutual funds to disclose how they vote on proxies for the stocks they own. The rule is intended to keep funds from siding with management to gain 401(k) business. How will this affect corporate governance?
The Motley Fool September 17, 2007 Selena Maranjian	The SEC May Shut You Up If you want to keep the right to influence your companies, let the SEC know. The SEC has recently proposed changing rules for shareholders -- in ways that don't seem to protect them at all.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Think Twice Before Agreeing With Management Did you know that companies in which you own stock may be doing things you don't like, and you may be giving them your blessing? Investors, proxy voting probably doesn't work the way you think it does.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Get Out and Vote! Proxy voting lets your shareholder voice be heard.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2005 Tim Beyers	Time to Get Out the Vote A full slate of annual meetings is upcoming. If you're an owner, it's time to crack those proxies and go vote.
BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 Jena McGregor	Activist Investors Get More Respect Boards are listening, and shareholder proposals are making headway.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2005 W.D. Crotty	It's Getting Goofy at Disney Former Disney board members want to shake up the company's board. What happens if they succeed? Investors, take note.
CFO June 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan	Not-So-Modest Proposals For board members the choice is clear: support shareholder proposals that win a majority vote or risk losing the director seat.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Shareholder Majorities Win Major Victories Policies that encourage better boards have gained traction in 2011.
The Motley Fool May 30, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Shareholders Have Spoken at Applebee's Two independent directors have been elected to the restaurant's board. Seeing an activist's candidates get elected by shareholders certainly seems like a good sign that shareholders are starting to take ownership more seriously.
U.S. Banker June 2006 Rebecca Sausner	Corporate Governance: Ready, Aim and Fire: Shareholders Get Armed A fairly new proposal on the ballot at some institutions includes moves to require an advisory shareholder vote on compensation committee pay reports, with Merrill Lynch, Countrywide Financial and U.S. Bancorp facing votes on this issue.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2004 Aaron Byrd	Disney: Notes From the Front Line Even after Disney shareholders voiced their lack of confidence in staggering numbers, the board installed an existing member as the new chairman.
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The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Magyer & Moscovitz	Let's Fix Board Elections Part of an ongoing series about the Shareholder Bill of Rights currently in Congress. In this article, board elections. Whom will you pick to run the ship?
HBS Working Knowledge August 9, 2004 Lucian A. Bebchuk	Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 S.J. Caplan	Read Those Proxy Statements in 2006 Shareholder resolutions are an increasingly important vehicle for shareholder activism of all sorts.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2007 Rich Duprey	Goodyear: Management 3, Reform 0 Unions' and shareholders' proposals get torpedoed at the tiremaker's annual meeting. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2005 Rich Duprey	Flamel's Dubious Future French nanotech pioneer loses deal with TAP Pharmaceuticals for heartburn formulation. There's just too much fog facing this company for investors to see clearly ahead.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Activists End the Year Fighting Here's a prediction for next year: More big battles are brewing on the corporate governance front.
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The Motley Fool January 23, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Trouble at the Top for Whole Foods? We dig a little deeper into a shareholder resolution aimed at the company.
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The Motley Fool October 11, 2004 Tim Beyers	Don't Waste Your Vote Every year, as a shareholder, you're given the chance to have a say in how the companies you own are run. Don't blow it. Vote.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2005 Gardner, Gillies & Mann	Quality Systems: Vote No! The authors substantiate why voting against the digital record-keeping company's proxy is in the long-term interests of outside shareowners.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Shareholders Are Forcing Change You're not as powerless as you might think when it comes to important social issues.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2006 Alyce Lomax	A Taste of Change at Applebee's Hedge fund Breeden Capital Management pushes for big changes at Applebee's. Even though shareholder resolutions rarely gain traction, in some instances, they've catalyzed change, or even succeeded entirely.
BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 Grover & Lowry	Now It's Time To Say Goodbye How Disney's board can move beyond the Eisner era
The Motley Fool June 16, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Majority Rules! Majority voting standards would let shareholders have their say.
The Motley Fool November 12, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Shareholders Are Winning ... Slowly CEO overcompensation is gradually being challenged in corporate America by shareholders, through resolutions and annual meeting proposals.
BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 David Henry	A Wake-Up Call From Investors CEOs are being grilled like never before in conference calls run for shareholders.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2004 Tim Beyers	PeopleSoft's People Speak Up Shareholders deliver a wake-up call in voting for expensing options.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2004 Bill Mann	Rash of Activism at Staples This year's proxy statement from office supply giant Staples contains four separate shareholder proposals, the first time any shareholder proposals have been made in the last ten years.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Voting: Not Just for November Anymore It's a very exciting time of year for investors: tax season, annual report season, and proxy voting season. Believe it or not, it's worth your time to sift through the mail and uncover your ballot; your proxy votes carry more power than you think.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2004 Eliot Cohen	Lies, Half-Truths, and Hubris Help the SEC make the right choice about fairer elections for boards of directors. Corporate insiders are spouting lies, half-truths, and hubris to prevent investors from getting a whiff of fairer elections for boards of directors.
The Motley Fool May 21, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Foreshadowed Losses You Shouldn't Ignore You might one day regret that complacent proxy vote.
CFO September 1, 2004 John Goff	Who's the Boss? Spurred by a slew of portfolio-punishing accounting scandals and angered by decades of corporate indifference to their requests, shareholder activists want more say in how American companies are run.
The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 Brian Lawler	Change of Pace at PDL Shares of PDL BioPharma have risen more than 10% since CEO McDade announced yesterday that he would resign by the end of the year.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Shareholders Take Action Here are some tips on how to make a difference with your holdings.
BusinessWeek April 3, 2006	An Acid Test for Boards Institutional Shareholder Services is making financial performance a metric for supporting directors' reelection.
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The Motley Fool March 4, 2005 Rich Duprey	Flamel Flames Out Again Nanotech regains rights to herpes treatment as partnership with pharma Biovail fails.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2010 Alyce Lomax	A Pivotal Proxy Season With shareholders more awake and aware than they've been in years, the latest proxy season could begin to fundamentally change managers' attitudes.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Conflicted Mutual Funds There are conflicts of interest afoot in mutual funds. The bottom line if you're interested in seeing shareholder proposals pass at companies in which you've invested is to check out the proxy-voting policies at the funds that own big chunks of the companies.