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• Pre-launch strategy session to marry client needs and proposals to an overall solicitation strategy.
• Complete an analysis of the institutional and retail shareholder base to understand the source of voting shares.
• Conduct a voter identification effort to uncover the voting positions behind the custodian, banks and brokers.
• Engage with institutional investors in dialogue based on the type of proposals at hand.
• Ongoing monitoring of voting trends, insights and results. Adjust strategy as required.
• Devise a retail outreach strategy directed to the NOBO and other retail shareholders (if applicable).

Engagement on ESG issues is a critical part of a company’s business strategy. Our Advisory team will assist you in organizing and preparing for shareholder engagement.

• Provide a detailed analysis of how your largest institutional investors voted at your most recent shareholder meeting to identify opposition voting and assist with off-season engagement prioritization.
• Calculate ISS and Glass Lewis’ influence on your largest investors’ proxy voting decisions.
• Assist in identifying the optimal team of subject matter experts to engage with institutional investors.
• Assist in outreach to institutional investors and proxy advisory firms (ISS and Glass Lewis) to facilitate and coordinate engagements.
• Conduct extensive pre-engagement preparation with engagement team including senior management and directors.
• Provide customized investor profiles in advance of engagements to identify points of emphasis and potential pressure points.
• Review proxy statement from an institutional investor and advisory firm perspective and provide examples of best-in-class disclosures.

Mutual Funds, SPAC’s, BDC’s

• For corporate entities or investment companies with significant retail share ownership, we maximize meeting participation by providing shareholders with voting access and education.
• Our retail voting analytics unlock insights on shareholder’s behaviours and provide voting projections to better manage the solicitation strategy.
• Utilizing a variety of communication tools, we successfully blend campaign strategies to maximize participation. These strategies include telephone calls,email, text, and social media.