The Future of the Annual General Meeting
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Authors:
Colin Wilde
Dr. Carolyn Kay Brancato -
Publication Date:
December 2004 -
Report Number:
SR-04-02
Based on The Conference Board’s Global Corporate Governance Research Center’s second Corporate/Investor Summit, this report represents a unique consensus achieved on what is referred to as the annual general meeting (AGM) in Europe and the annual shareholder meeting in the United States. It addresses the purpose of the annual shareholder meeting; whether its format can be improved to facilitate communications between companies and investors; international best practices for AGMs; and the shape and direction of the AGM in the future.
Topics covered:
- Evolving Views of the Annual General Meeting
- What Are the AGM’s Purposes?
- AGM Attendance Factors
- Reformatting the Agenda
- The AGM of the Future