Issuer Relations & Meetings with Research Analysts
There are many ways in which issuers and shareholder proponents may engage with Glass Lewis*. Key details are set out below to highlight the various ways in which we interact, from email communication to telephonic meetings.
*Glass Lewis shall include, as applicable: Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC; Glass Lewis Europe Limited; IVOX Glass Lewis GmbH; GL & M UK Limited; CGI Glass Lewis Pty Ltd.; Glass Lewis Japan GK; and Proxinvest SAS.
How to engage with us
We believe dialogue with issuers, shareholder proponents, and other stakeholders, at the appropriate time, can foster mutual understanding and help promote better disclosure. To learn how your company can interact with Glass Lewis during the post-season period, please watch this video by Jen Thompson, Glass Lewis’ Director of Issuer Relations.
Due to the high level of interest in engaging with Glass Lewis, we are unable to facilitate all telephonic meeting requests. Below are some alternative options to a telephonic engagement, plus details of ways to request calls with our analysts on specific topics. Please refer to our Issuer Relations Policy & Procedures to better understand how and when to engage with Glass Lewis.
Meeting Request:
Uncontested & Routine
Shareholder Meetings
Requests pertaining to routine meetings are only accepted before the publication of shareholder meeting materials (including preliminary), based on capacity and where detailed agendas are provided. We cannot accept meetings during proxy seasons.
Meeting Request:
E&S Shareholder Proponents or Related Activism
Shareholder proponents & subject companies can engage after the proposal is submitted and before the company in question files its proxy statement. Requests are considered during proxy season, outside of the solicitation period.
Meeting Request:
Mergers & Acquisitions or
Contested Shareholder Meetings
Requests pertaining to M&A activity or contested shareholder meetings are the only requests we consider after meeting documents are made public. All filings are reviewed before agreeing to a meeting with associated parties.
Send Updates & Shareholder Communications
Submit annual updates, slide decks, remuneration letters or other shareholder communications with our research team. Where our analysts have questions, we will reply via email.
Ask Glass Lewis Policy-Related Questions
Clarify something related to Glass Lewis policy or ask questions about our approach to a specific proposal. Submit your questions & receive a written reply from our research team.
Proxinvest Glass Lewis:
Le dialogue avec les émetteurs
Les réunions d’engagement avec les analystes de Proxinvest sont distinctes des réunions avec l’équipe de recherche de Glass Lewis. Le cas échéant, nous encourageons les émetteurs à organiser une réunion avec chaque entité afin de comprendre les deux points de vue et leurs différentes approches.
IVOX Glass Lewis:
Der Dialog mit den Emittenten
Die Gespräche mit den Analysten von IVOX Glass Lewis sind von den Gesprächen mit dem Research-Team von Glass Lewis getrennt. Gegebenenfalls empfehlen wir den Emittenten, mit beiden Unternehmen ein Gespräch zu vereinbaren, um beide Standpunkte und die unterschiedlichen Ansätze zu verstehen.
Understand how and when to engage with Glass Lewis
Learn more about our interactions with corporate issuers, timing and availability for meeting requests, plus our commitment to ensuring transparency around our meetings between Glass Lewis research analysts, corporate issuers, and investors.
Timing of meetings
Glass Lewis does not typically engage with corporate issuers or shareholder proponents regarding issues up for a vote during the “solicitation period”, which spans from the release of the company’s notice of meeting (NOM, Circular, BALO) to the date of the shareholder meeting, inclusively. This solicitation period is relevant to annual general meetings (AGMs) and special meetings (EGMs).
Furthermore, during each markets’ proxy season when timely research for our institutional investor clients is top priority, Glass Lewis’ research analysts are not available for general meetings related to governance, compensation, or ESG-related policies or issues. In East Asia, Europe, and North America, we do not generally accept meetings related to uncontested shareholder meetings between March and July; in Australia, meetings are not held from September through November.
Meeting requests will be considered during proxy season where the meeting relates to the following circumstances:
Before meeting documents are filed
- Shareholder proposals
- Withhold or “Vote No” campaign
Only in extraordinary circumstances, Glass Lewis may accept a meeting with shareholder proponents or parties engaged in a “Vote No” campaign during the solicitation period if additional clarifications are crucial for our analysis. In such cases, we will endeavor to offer any opposing party an opportunity to present its views too.
After meeting documents are filed
- M&A Transaction (after filings)
- Contested proposals
- Other Special Situations (see Issuer Relations Policy & Procedures)
Glass Lewis, through the Issuer Relations team, may contact a corporate issuer or shareholder proponent via email during the proxy season and/or the solicitation period for clarification on factual matters in their public disclosure, without requiring a formal meeting.
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Glass Lewis Stewardship Solutions: Active Stewardship Engagement
Glass Lewis offers institutional investors engagement services through its Stewardship Solutions. Engagements managed by the Stewardship team are different from meetings with Glass Lewis research analysts.
The Glass Lewis Stewardship team will actively reach out to corporate issuers based on agreed priorities with institutional clients. See our website for more information.
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