| ABANDONED PROPERTY: |
| | | Cautionary Tales; Ten Practical Compliance Tips | Sep./Oct. ’94 | | New Enforcement Actions Certain in Light of Two Major Cases | May/Jun. ’99 | | New SEC Rules Mandate Transfer Agent Searches/Annual Reports | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Ohio Court Stings Abandoned Property Gadfly | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Receiving "Prime Time Attention" from Regulators, Vendors and Media | Mar. ’96 | | Websites Create Big Embarrassment Potential for Sloppy Abandoned Property Reporters | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | | |
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| ACTIVIST INVESTORS: |
| | | Activists Start to Bite Back, Not Merely Bark at Companies that Cross Them | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Activist Victories Belie Predictions of "Proxy Peace" | May/Jun. ’98 | | Amalgamated Bank/Amalgamated Clothing Workers | Jan./Feb. ’95 | | ASCS Challenges ISS Proxy Advisory Services | Sep./Oct. ’98 | | "Black Box" Option Issuance/Capital Structure Models - Pros and Cons | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | Calpers Grades Governance | Jul. ’94 | | Calpers Targets Small and Mid-Sized Companies | Mar. ’96 | | Confrontation and Conciliation: Some of Each in ’99 | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | Corporate Governance Video Conference | Jan./Feb. ’95 | | Gadfly George Sitka Dies | Jul./Aug. ’97 | | Governance Gurus on the Move | Jul. ’96 | | IRAA, Calpers, Teamsters & NYCERS Focus on Directors in ’96 | Nov./Dec. ’95 | | "Lens Vision" | Jan./Feb.. ’95 | | New Activists - The IRAA | Nov./Dec. ’94 | | NY Society of Securities Analysts Targets NATIONAL PRESTO for Governance/Stockprice "Makeover" | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | Non-Financial Performance Measures Score High with Institutions | Jul./Aug. ’97 | | Poison Pill Proposals to Reach Record Levels in ’98/’99 | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Polish Up Your War Plan: Top-10 Tips/Top-5 Danger Signals | Mar. ’96 | | Proxy Proposal Reforms; Battle Royal Looms | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Small and Mid-Sized Companies Increasingly Targeted by Activists | ’94; Mar. ’96 | | United Brotherhood of Carpenters | Jan./Feb. ’95 | | US Department of Labor | Jan./Feb. ’95 | | | |
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| ANNUAL MEETINGS: |
| | | Annual Meeting/Corporate Governance Video Conference Highlights | Jan./Feb. ’95 | | Annual Meeting Planner: A 32-Page Special Supplement | Jan. ’98 | | Annual Meeting Practices; Not Always as Common Wisdom Would Have It | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Annual Meeting Security: Our Top Ten Tips | Jan. ’97 | | Batten Down the Hatches for a Stormy Season | Nov./Dec. ’95 | | Best and Worst of the ’94, ’95, ’96, ’97, ’98 and ’99 Seasons | ’94 thru ’99 | | Buddy-Up to Save Infrastructure Expense | Jan./Feb. ’95 | | Challenge-Proofing the Vote | ’94; Mar. ’96 | | Challenges to Management on "All Other Business" | Jul. ’96 | | Cut Costs by 10%...Our Oft-Revised Top Ten Tips | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Cut Your A/M Expense in Half? | Jul. ’94 | | Early Returns Show Moneysavings in ’98 Season | Mar./Apr. ’98 | | Electronic Voting Technologies Leading to Big Service/Cost Improvements | ’97 thru ’99 | | Fee Scamsters | May/Jun. ’95 | | Financial Printing 2001 | ’97 Supplement | | Get More Bang for Your Big A/M Buck...Top 10 Tips | Jan./Feb. ’98 | | Invite Analysts to Tune-In | Nov./Dec. ’95 | | Major Turning Points Seen in Staggered Board, Poison Pill and Supermajority Strategies | May/Jun. ’97 | | Managing Proxy Solicitation Expense... and Your Proxy Solicitors | ’95; Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Minimizing Financial Printing Bills | Nov./Dec. ’94 | | Notice Provisions Can Prevent A/M Surprises | Sep ’96 | | Pledging Allegiance | Jul./Aug. ’98 | | Proofreading Tips | ’96; ’98 Supplements | | "Proxy Peace" in ’98? Not by our Reckoning | May/Jun. ’98 | | Proxy Proposal Reform Proposals Issued | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Recommended Reading | ’95; Jul. ’96 | | Save $100,000 Plus on Annual Meeting Arrangements | Sep ’96 | | Saving Big Money on Annual Meeting Mailings | Jul. ’94 | | Starting from Scratch (Zero-Based A/M Planning) | Nov./Dec. ’94 | | Ten-Day Rule Questioned Yet Again | Jul./Aug. ’98 | | Top Tips to Get More for Your A/M Money | 95; Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Top Ten Tips to Reduce Annual Meeting Expense | Nov./Dec. ’95 | | Using a Clock to Control the Gadflies | May/Jun. ’95 | | | |
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| BEST AND WORST PRACTICES |
| | | Annual or Semi-Annual Dividends: Top 5 Questions to Ask; Top 5 Tips to Move Smartly | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | Best and Worst from a Grab Bag of Interim Reports | ’94; ’95; Nov./Dec. ’97 | | Best and Worst of the ’98 A/M Materials | May/Jun. ’98 | | Best Practices Case Studies: | | | Equitable Engineers a Major Overhaul of its Investor Base | May ’96 | | Fine-tuning Your Spending... to Lower Fulfillment Costs/Increase Success | Mar./Apr. ’99 | | GTE Clocks Gadflies | May/Jun. ’95 | | Home Depot Becomes First Company to Offer DSPP on the Internet | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | ITT Invites Analysts to Tune-In Special Meeting | Nov./Dec. ’95 | | NCR Spinoff Launches Direct Registration System | Jan. ’97 | | Pfizer’s "TIDE" Program Responds to Activist Concerns re: Pills | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Yankee Energy Proxy Does Double Duty | Nov./Dec. ’94 | | Corporate Leaders Reach Out to Non-Profits | May/Jun. ’98 | | Don’t Waste Money on "Dialing for Dollars" Proxy Solicitations | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Focus Groups: Before You (Mis)Spend Your Next Million | Jul. ’96 | | Stop Throwing Money into the Street with Too-Slow Fulfillment; Best and Worst DRP Fulfillers | Mar. ’97 | | Try Tri-Annual Dividends to Save Big Cash | Mar./Apr. ’99 | | "Trick or Treat Offerings" with Corporate Sponsors | Nov. ’96 | | | |
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| BROKERS: |
| | | As Brokers Internalize DRPs, Issuers and Investors Stand to Lose | May ’96 | | Bonanza for Brokers from T+3 | Jul. ’94; May ’96 | | Brokerage Commissions: Save Up to 70% | Mar. ’96 | | Brokers Demand Equal Treatment, but Deliver as it Suits Them | Sep./Oct. ’94 | | Brokers "Explain" T+3; Brokers Explain Even More | ’94; May/Jun. ’95 | | Committee Slams Broker Billing Practices, Calls for Competition | Sep./Oct. ’95 | | CTA and Council of Institutional Investors Knock SEC Proxy Fee Efforts | Mar./Apr. ’98 | | NYSE/ADP Fee Proposal: "All Wet" | Nov./Dec. ’95 | | NYSE/ADP Respond with New Fee Proposal | Sep./Oct. ’95 | | NYSE Brokers Lower Fees for ’98 Season, but Big Cuts Still to Come | Jan./Feb. ’98 | | NYSE Recommends "New and Improved" Fee Proposal | Mar. ’96 | | Our Final Word (?) on Proxy Fees | May/Jun. ’98 | | DRPs vs Brokerage Accounts | May ’96 | | Merrill/Prudential Outsource Proxy Mailings to ADP | Nov./Dec. ’97 | | Paine Webber Outsources Proxy Mailings to ADP | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Prudential Stages "Earnings Surprise" | Jan./Feb. ’98 | | Rogue Broker Study Released | Jul. ’94 | | Dean Witter: Mighty Free with Your Mailing Money | May/Jun. ’95 | | | |
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| CAPITAL MARKETS: |
| | | Annual or Semi-Annual Dividends Can Lower Your Cost of Capital by $ Millions Per Year | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | DRPs through DTC will Boost Original Issue Cashflows | May ’96 | | DSPPs Hit the Internet | ’98; Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Global Mega-Mergers Having Big Effect on Transfer Agents | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | New Circuit Breakers in Effect | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Save Mega-Dollars on Brokerage Commissions | Mar. ’96 | | "Structured Equity Shelf" Raises Equity Capital in a New, Ultra Low-Cost Way | May/Jun. ’95 | | T-Bills – with Lowered Minimums – Now Available for Internet Purchases | Jul./Aug. ’98 | | | |
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| CAREER-BUILDING/CAREER ENDING TRENDS: |
| | | The Corporate Secretary/Investor Relations Officer "In Crisis"; Five Career Strategies/Five Tactical Actions | May ’96 | | | |
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| CLASS ACTIONS: |
| | | Check Those Broker Bills | Nov./Dec. ’95 | | Suits Increase by 25%; Settlements Grow, Following Federal Legislation | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | | |
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| DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM: |
| | | Issuers Appear To Be Overpaying by 70% | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | NYSE Issues New and Improved Fee Schedule | Mar. ’96 | | NYSE Proxy Fee Proposal "Tricked-out with Benefits" Are No Treat for Issuers also, A Proposed Free-Market Solution | Jan. ’97 | | NYSE/P-W Questionnaire Meets Issuer Resistance | Jul./Aug. ’97 | | Talks on Rolling Back Fees and/or Broker Kickbacks Break Down | Jan./Feb. ’95 | | Time to Look Beyond the NOBOs and OBOs | Mar. ’97 | | | |
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| DIRECTORS: |
| | | Director Evaluation: It’s Guaranteed to be Coming to Your Company Soon Engaging Directors in the IR Process | Mar. ’97 | | "Family Affairs" Make for Lurid Reading | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | Not Just "Parsley on the Fish," but Sometimes "Fish out of Water" | Jul./Aug. ’98 | | On Potential Disclosure/Discovery of Director Evaluations | Jul./Aug. ’97 | | Your Future, CEOs and Directors... Use it or Lose It | ’97 Supplement | | | |
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| DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLANS: |
| | | Automatic Debiting Can Make "Systematic Investment Plans" Shape Up | Jul./Aug. ’95 | | Benchmarking and Mapping Program Will Help You Optimize Plan Spending; | May/Jun. ’98 | | Benchmarking Program Shows Smart Marketeers Outperform Less Successful Peers Seven to Fifteen Over | Mar./Apr. ’99 | | Broker-Free Programs Boom – But Some are Bound to Bomb | Jan./Feb. ’98 | | Broker-Free Programs by Industry...and by Agent | Jan./Feb. ’98 | | Broker-Free Stock Purchase Plans Take Off: Seven Steps to Increase Your Own Success | Sep ’96 | | Clearinghouse for Open-Enrollment DRP Info Announced | Mar. ’96 | | Creating Shareholder Value with Affinity Group Stock Purchase Plans | (By request) | | Direct Investors Speak... You Need to Listen | Jan./Feb. ’98 | | Direct Purchase Plans Boom: Where’s the Cutting Edge? | Jan. ’97 | | Direct Registration: Finally "For Real" | Jan. ’97 | | Double Your DRP Participation for Next to Nothing | Nov./Dec. ’95 | | "DRPs" for Non-Dividend Payers | Nov./Dec. ’94 | | DRPs vs Brokerage Accounts | May ’98 | | DRPs through DTC; A Winner all Around | May ’96 | | DSPPs Hit the Internet | ’98; Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Ever Try to Sell Shares Through a DRP? Our Survey Shows Mixed Results | Jul./Aug. ’98 | | Fulfillment Survey Shows Some Improvement... but 13 1/2% of our Requests Went Unfulfilled | Mar./Apr. ’98 | | Investors as Customers: "Show Me the Money" A Reader Demands... and We Comply | May/Jun. ’99 | | Jr. Executive Tries to Build a DRP Portfolio | Jul./Aug. ’98 | | Kissing Good Money Good-bye: The Six Big Mistakes to Avoid | Jul./Aug. ’95 | | New Wave of Broker–Free and Certificateless Programs Hit the Street | May/Jun. ’97 | | Open Enrollment Plans Boom – Plus, Powerful Stats from JCPenney | Sep./Oct. ’95 | | SEC Grants Broad Exemptions for Open Enrollment Plans | Nov./Dec. ’94 | | SEC "Reg M" Makes Direct Offering Easier | Mar. ’97 | | Securities Market Improvement Act Solves Blue–Sky Problem | Jan. ’97 | | Stop Throwing Money into the Street with Too-Slow Fulfillment | May/Jun. ’97 | | Survey Shows DRP Portfolio Outperforms Most Mutual Funds | Jul./Aug. ’98 | | ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE DISCOVERY... Hair Raising Developments | Sep./Oct. ’95 | | | |
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| FOCUS GROUPS: |
| | | Spend a Few Bucks Before You (Mis)Spend Your Next Million | Jul. ’96 | | Ameritech Scraps A/R, Begins Anew after Focus Groups Raise Q’s | May/Jun. ’99 | | | |
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| INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS: |
| | | Book-Entry Programs Boom, Saving Millions | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Clearinghouse for Open-Enrollment DRPs Announced | Mar. ’96 | | Customer Service for Year 2001 | ’97 Supplement | | Cutting Dividend Checks with DRP and Stock Certificates with DRS | Sep./Oct. ’98 | | Direct Stock Purchase Plans Hit the Internet... A Major Boon to Companies Too | Sep./Oct. ’98 | | Employee Ownership Booms: Plans Go Global | ’97 Supplement | | Employee Ownership Plans Payoff Handsomely | May/Jun. ’99 | | Employee Voting; Tips to Max-Out | Jul./Aug. ’97 | | Equitable Overhauls Individual Investor Base | May ’96 | | Favorite Stocks Shift; 4 Still in, 5 Ousted, 5 New... How’d it Happen? | Mar./Apr. ’98 | | Five Powerful Economic Forces Will Force You To Refocus On Individual Investors | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | Five Revolutionary Trends Will Impact Investor Services | ’97 Supplement | | Individual Access to Conference Calls: A fast-growing Trend | May/Jun. ’99 | | Individuals Appear to be Voting Proxies Less Reliably | Jul./Aug. ’98 | | Individuals as Customers Create Major Shareholder Value | May/Jun. ’99 | | Individuals Get Some Real Respect | Jan./Feb. ’98 | | Individuals Rate Quarterlies Higher Than Thought | Sep./Oct. ’95 | | Leveling the Playing Field | ’97 Supplement | | JCPenney Study Links Share Ownership/Buying Behaviors | Sep./Oct. ’95 | | Reaching Out to Individual Investors | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | Standing Instructions to Censor Materials Rescinded | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | A Strong Anchor to Windward in Market Storms | Sep./Oct. ’98 | | Time for a Careful Look at Your Ownership Base | Nov./Dec. ’95 | | Top Ten Reasons to Grow and Guard Your Individual Investor Base | Sep./Oct. ’98 | | Top Ten Tips to Optimize Your Individual-Owner Profile | Jul./Aug. ’95 | | Unjamming Those "Toll-free" Call Centers: 10 Tips for Issuers; 10 for Transfer Agents | Mar./Apr. ’99 | | What are Companies Doing to Communicate with Individuals These Days | Nov./Dec. ’97 | | | |
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| INTERIM REPORTS: |
| | | An Interim Report on QRs: Top 10 Tips; Best and Worst Quarterlies | Sep./Oct. ’95 | | Analysts and Portfolio Managers Rate Them | Sep./Oct. ’94 | | Best and Worst of Written and Telephonic Interims | ’94; Nov./Dec. ’97 | | Better Way to Reduce Quarterly Report Mailing Costs | Sep./Oct. ’94 | | Leveling the Playing Field | ’97 Supplement | | Two New Studies Indicate QRs More Valuable Than Thought | Sep./Oct. ’95 | | Two New Ways to Save Money On | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | IRAs: NAIC/First Trust Offer New Self-Directed IRA Product | | | Too Many IRAs Raining on Your DRP?...New Service May Help | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | |
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| MONEYSAVING IDEAS: |
| | | Abandoned Property: 10 Tips to Assess Your Situation and Develop a Program That’s Right for You | Sep./Oct. ’94 | | Annual Meeting Planner; 32 Pages of Moneysaving Ideas | ’98 Supplement | | Annual Meetings: Ten Tips to Get More Bang for Your Buck | Jan./Feb. ’98 | | Annual Meetings: Our Oft-Revised Top Ten Moneysaving Tips | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Annual or Semi-Annual Dividends: A Mega Moneysaver Vs Quarterly Payments | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | Automatic Debiting Reduces Expense, Increases Returns for DRPs | May/Jun. ’95 | | Automatic DRP with Once-a-Year Statements to Save on Lost Stockholder Maintenance | | | Best Idea of ’97: Convertible Send and Return Envelope | Jul./Aug. ’97 | | Book-Entry Programs Boom, Saving Millions for Issuers | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Brokerage Commissions: Save Up to 70% | Mar. ’96 | | Check Those Class Action Bills Twice... A Money-Grabbing Ploy to Watch For | Nov./Dec. ’95 | | Double Check Broker Mailing Practices, Fees and "Wraps" Before Paying the Bills | Jul./Aug. ’95 | | Double Your DRP Participation for Next to Nothing | Nov./Dec. ’95 | | DRP through DTC | May ’96 | | DSPPs Hit the Internet: "Electronic Investors" will Produce Huge Cost-Savings for Issuers | ’98; Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Electronic Delivery and Voting Technologies Lead to Big Money-Saving Opportunities | ’97; Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Encourage Shareholders to "Bookmark" Your Internet Voting Site to Increase Usage... and The Moneysaving Potential | Mar./Apr. ’99 | | Equitable Saves Mega-Money on Investor Base | May ’96 | | Financial Printing Bills: Manage & Minimize | Nov./Dec. ’94 | | Five Ways to Save Really Big Money on Annual Meeting Mailings | Jul. ’94 | | Focus Groups ... Before You (Mis) Spend Your Next Million on Annual Reports | Jul. ’96 | | Free Consulting | Jul. ’96 | | Householding: Potentially the Biggest Moneysaver Ever | Nov./Dec. ’97 | | Individual Ownership Programs: Don’t Kiss Good Money Good-bye | Jul./Aug. ’95 | | IRAs – Too Many Can Rain on Your DRIP: New Service May Help | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | Interim Reports: 10 Tips to Get Your Money’s Worth | Sep./Oct. ’95 | | Interims: New Ideas to Eliminate Dupes; Save 33%-66% on NOBO Fees | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | Odd-Lot Programs – 10 Tips To Get Your Money’s Worth; 5 More Tips to Stop the Flow | Jan./Feb. ’95 | | A Proposal to Cut Annual Meeting Expense in Half | Jul. ’94 | | Proxy Solicitation; Managing Expense... and Your Overall Solicitation Effort | ’95; Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Quarterly Report Mailing Costs: A Better Way to Reduce Them | Sep./Oct. ’94 | | Raise Equity Capital in a New, Ultra-Low-Cost Way | May/Jun. ’95 | | Reverse Split Saves Millions for NCR | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | Save $100,000 Plus on Annual Meeting Arrangements | Sep ’96 | | Second Proxies: Another Way to Throw Good Money into the Street | May/Jun. ’97 | | Six Moneysaving Tips for Companies Planning a Split, Spinoff or Exchange | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Stop Wasting Money with Too-Slow DRP Fulfillment | ’97; May/Jun. ’97 | | Telephone Voting: Faster & Much Cheaper Than Mail! | | | Dial Up Big Savings in Postage and Handling | Mar. ’96 | | Try Tri-Annual Dividends to Save Big Money | Mar./Apr. ’99 | | Watch Out For Annual Meeting Fee Scamsters | May/Jun. ’95 | | |
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| ODD-LOT BUYBACKS: |
| | | Dark Side of Odd-Lot Buybacks, Plus Tips to Sharpen Programs/Improve Success... | | | Procedures to Prevent Recurrence of Odd-Lotters | Jan./Feb. ’95 | | Equitable Overhauls Individual Investor Base | May ’96 | | Mini-Tender Offers Catching Issuers/Investors by Surprise | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | New "Reg M" Makes Odd-Lot Programs Easier to Conduct | Mar. ’97 | | Own Your Share of America Campaign | Sep./Oct. ’95 |
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| PLAIN ENGLISH DOCUMENTS: |
| | | Kudos for Plain English Proxy Statements | May/Jun. ’97 | | Plain English Documents | Mar. ’97 | | |
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| PROXY: |
| | | ADP Reports Huge Jump in Votes Processed... and in Electronic Votes | May/Jun. ’98 | | Big Doings in Proxy Solicitation Country; Shifts at Georgeson, D. F. King | Jul./Aug. ’97 | | Challenge-Proof Your Vote | Nov./Dec. ’94 | | Creative Ways to Use 8 1/2" x 11" Proxy | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | Don’t Waste Money – or Your Reputation – on Mismanaged Solicitations | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Electronic Distribution and Voting: A Big Moneysaver | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Employee Voting: How to Max-Out | Jul./Aug. ’97 | | Fee Scamster Arrested | Mar. ’96 | | Georgeson Sold to Shareholder Communications Corporation | Mar./Apr. ’99 | | Ice: Not So Nice (at first) But More Negotiable These Days on Fees | ’97; Mar./Apr. ’99 | | Individual Investors Voting Less Often | Jul./Aug. ’98 | | Last Season for ADPs Lock on Fees?? | Mar./Apr. ’99 | | Letter-Size Proxies Supplant Cards | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | More Big Doings at Solicitors; Georgeson Sells StockWatch Business; Shareholder Comm. Buys Kissel-Blake | Sep./Oct. 98 | | New York Legislature OK’s Telephone Voting, Some States Still Need To Act | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Proof Reading: Top Tips | ’96; ’98 Supplement | | Proxy Advisory Service Challenged | Sep./Oct. ’98 | | Proxy Forum to Address Technology, Fees and Process Issues | May/Jun. ’97 | | Proxy Mailing Charges of Five Largest Mailers/Duquesne Light Compared | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | Proxy Solicitation Expense | Jan./Feb. ’95 | | Proxy Tabulating and Reporting...How Accurate is it Really? | May/Jun. ’98 | | Proxy Tabulating Horrors to Guard Against | May/Jun. ’97 | | Second Proxies: Another Way to Throw Good Money into the Street | May/Jun. ’97 | | Telephone Voting Can Ring-Up Big Savings | Mar. ’96 | | Tips on Picking a Winning Deal Team | Mar./Apr. ’98 | | What’s the Real Scoop on Proxy Solicitors... Who’s Who in the Tombstones | ’98; Jan./Feb. ’99 | | Yankee Energy Gets Double-Duty/Double Value from Proxy Mailing | Nov./Dec. ’94 | | |
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| QUARTERLY REPORTS... SEE INTERIM REPORTS | | | RECYCLED AND RECYCLABLE PAPER: Tips on Using | Nov./Dec. ’94 | | REGULATORY NOTES | EVERY ISSUE |
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| SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS |
| | | Class Action Suits Escalate After Legislation | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Consumer Advisory Committee at SEC | Jul. ’94 | | Dead Hand/Slow Hand Poison Pills Dead In Delaware | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Direct Registration System Needs Sensible Regulatory Attention or Issuers Will Have Big Problems | May/Jun. ’99 | | House Bill Would Regulate DRP Agents | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Internet Roadshows OK’d for Qualified Buyers of Private Placements | Jan./Feb. ’98 | | "Invest Wisely" Pamphlet from SEC | Jul. ’94 | | IRS Withholding Rules for Foreign Stockholders Postponed ’Til Y2K | May/Jun. ’98 | | Labor Department Holds Hearings on 401(K) Fees; Issues Booklet | ’97; Jul./Aug. ’98 | | NASD Nixes Short Sales on Downticks | Sep./Oct. ’94 | | NASD will Pay to Broadcast Earnings Discussions of its Top 100 Companies | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | New York Legislature OKs Telephone Voting | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | NYSE Brokers "New and Improved Fees" for Proxy Distribution | Mar. ’96 | | NYSE Re-Defines "Broad-Based" Option Plans; Shareholder Approval Thresholds | Sep./Oct. ’98 | | NYSE Rule Lets Brokers Vote Wraps | Sep./Oct. ’94 | | NYSE Thwarts Morton’s Stock Split Plan | Sep./Oct. ’94 | | Ohio Court Stings Abandoned Property Gadfly | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | "Reg M" Makes it Easy to Launch DRPs/Odd-Lots | Mar 97 | | Regulators Eye Abandoned Property Pot of Gold | Sep./Oct. ’94 | | Roach Motel Escape Hatch Widened | Sep./Oct. ’98 | | Rogue Broker Study Released | Jul. ’94 | | SEC "Aircraft Carrier" Launched | Sep./Oct. ’98 | | SEC Approves NYSE/ADP Proxy Fee Proposal; Calls for Audit and Report on "Reasonableness" | Mar. ’97 | | SEC Grants Broad Exemptions for Company-Sponsored DRPs | Nov./Dec. ’94 | | SEC Issues Draft "Householding Rules"...Too Little Too Late We Say | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | SEC Pursues Auditors, Audit Committees, Big Companies | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Securities Market Improvement Act Solves Most Blue Sky Problems | Jan. ’97 | | SIPIC Insurance Gets a Fresh Look... and it ain’t good | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Thinking Outside of the Box; Three Radical Ideas from Commissioner Wallman | Jul./Aug. ’97 | | |
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| REQUIRED READING: |
| | | "A Look at 401(k) Plan Fees", from Department of Labor | Jul./Aug. ’98 | | Corporate Minutes Monograph; IR Compensation Study; Non-Profit Governance Guide | May/Jun. ’97 | | Deloitte Touche on Non-Financial Performance Measures; Campbell Soup and CPC A/M Materials | Nov./Dec. ’95 | | For You, Your Chairman and Your Entire Board | Jul. ’96 | | "From Little Leagues to Universities"; also NIRI’s "Standards and Practices" for IR Disclosure | May/Jun. ’98 | | "Invest Wisely" Pamphlet from SEC | Jul. ’94 | | |
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| SCRIPOPHILY: |
| | | Acutely Painful: Potentially Fatal | Jul./Aug. ’95 | | Becoming a Mass-Market Phenomenon | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Do You Know Where Your Old Stock Certificates Really Are? | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | Suits Keep Strait-Jacketing Corporate Victims | Nov. ’96 | | Warning Re: Would-Be Buyers of Old Certificates | Jul./Aug. ’97 | | STAMP... The"Medallion Signature Guarantee" Fails to Stamp-out Fraud | Mar./Apr. ’98 | | |
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| SURVEYS: |
| | | OPTIMIZER Readership Survey Results | ’95 thru ’99 | | Transfer Agent Quality Surveys....(See Listings Under Transfer Agents) | | | Yankee Energy Uses Proxy to Survey Shareholders | Nov./Dec. ’9 | | |
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| T-PLUS-THREE: |
| | | Bonanza for Brokers... Problems for Public Companies and for Transfer Agents... Things to Do: Brokers "Explain" | Jul. ’94 | | Enlightened Issuers Step Up Their Communications Efforts | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | Good Side to T+3 for Savvy Issuers | Sep./Oct. ’95 | | Opportunity or Threat? | Jul./Aug. ’95 | | What Every Stockholder Needs to Know About Registered Vs Street-Name Ownership | (By request) | | T+3 is Here: What are Brokers, Investors, Issuers and the SEC Saying and Doing? | May/Jun. ’95 | | |
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| TRANSFER AGENTS |
| | | A Better Way to Rate Your Transfer Agent | Jul. ’94 | | Big Companies Play Musical Chairs with Their Agents | May/Jun. ’98 | | Consolidation: Chemical-Mellon Joint Venture | Sep./Oct. ’94 | | Bank of Boston/State Street Joint Venture | May/Jun. ’95 | | ChaseMellon Acquires Boatmen’s Business | Mar. ’97 | | First Chicago-Boston EquiServe to Combine Businesses... The New Top-10 Agents | Jan./Feb. ’98 | | Harris Acquires Banc-One Business | Jul./Aug. ’95 | | Consolidation Continues: Top Five Agents Control 80-85% of the Market | Nov. ’96 | | First New Entrant in 20 Years | Jul./Aug. ’98 | | Global Mega-Mergers Take Toll on Transfer Agents | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | How Well are Those T/A Call Centers Really Serving Us? Results of our Taxtime "Stress Test" | Mar./Apr. ’99 | | Insurance Co. Demutualizations, May Refill T/A "Bucket"; Widen Gaps in Share | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Overview of the Transfer Agency Business | ’97 Supplement | | Paperless Stock Transfer | ’97 Supplement | | Selling DRP Shares Through Eleven Agents... A Mixed Experience | Jul./Aug. ’98 | | Shareholder Service for the 21st Century | ’97 Supplement | | Silly Season for Those T/A "Quality" Surveys... Five Reasons Not to Use Them to Pick an Agent | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Star Players "Gallop-Off" in New Directions | Mar. ’96 | | Transfer Agent Market Share: Dramatic Shifts | Jul./Aug. ’97 | | Transfer Agent Quality Surveys | Jul. ’94 | | Revisited | ’95; Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Vaulting From Last Place to First in Just One Year | Jul. ’96 | | Latest Surveys "Ain’t Gonna Give You No Answer" | Jan. ’97 | | On "Second Look" Yet Another Bank is "Number One" | Mar. ’97 | | Survey Purveyor Protests | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | What’s the Real Scoop on Transfer Agents... and What to Do if You’re Unhappy with Yours | Jan./Feb. ’98 | | Truly Sensational Survey-Scam | Jul./Aug. ’97 | | |
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| VIDEO CONFERENCING |
| | | Video Conference on Annual Meeting/Corporate Governance: An Important New Dimension to Board Meetings | Jan./Feb. ’95 |
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| WATCHING THE WEB |
| | | Abandoned Property Websites Creating Corporate Embarrassment | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | Building or Remodeling Your Website? Top-10 Tips from Designers, Top-5 No-Nos and Some "Best IR Sites" Will Help | Mar./Apr. ’99 | | "Do it Yourself Investment:" DSPPs Now Live and on the Internet | ’98; Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Electronic Voting Technologies Leading to Big Cost/Service Improvements | ’97 thru ’99 | | Encourage Your Shareholders to "Bookmark" Your Internet Voting Site, to Increase Usage/Moneysaving Opportunities | Mar./Apr. ’99 | | Gear-Up Early to Save Money on Electronic Distribution of Proxy Materials | Nov./Dec. ’98 | | Individual Investor Access to Conference Calls: A fast-growing Trend Facilitated by New Website | May/Jun. ’99 | | Internet Road Shows OK’d for Qualified Buyers of Private Placements | Jan./Feb. ’98 | | T-Bills Available for Internet Purchases | Jul./Aug. ’98 | |
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| WRAPS |
| | | Need Some (W)Rapping | Mar./Apr. ’95 | | Not All Brokers Charge Proxy Fee | May/Jun. ’95 | | What’s a Wrap Anyway? | Jul./Aug. ’95 | | The Problem | ’97 Supplement | | Disclosure Efforts are Missing the Mark with SEC | Jan./Feb. ’99 | | Efforts Lagging at Many Companies | May/Jun. ’98 | | Shaping Up as Bigger than First Thought | Sep./Oct. ’97 | | Y2K Disclosure on 10Ks Required | Sep./Oct. ’98 |
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