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Corporate Governance Key Questions in Corporate Governance at Public Companies
Corporate Governance Key Questions in Corporate Governance at Public Companies
Corporate Governance Key Questions in Corporate Governance at Public Companies
Annual reports
o Info about BOD
o Mission statement
o Corporate governance principles/ statement
Fillings with regulatory authorities
o SEC (DEF14A for US, Reports on PSX)
Assessing the board
o Board composition (Age, tenure, background, company to co. & CEO)
o Board operations (Who chairs the board, meetings, attendance, effectiveness: Keep
managers on their toes)
Investor/ Analyst Activity
o Buy side (Biggest stockholders, history of these stockholders on corp govern)
o Sell side (Who are the analysts that track the firm, views on the stock)
o Activist (Are there any investors who are pains in the neck?)
Rules of the game
o How is the voting structure set up?
Multiple classes, with different voting rights?
Golden shares? (or veto votes) (such as gov’s giving them veto power on big
acquisitions)
o Corporate Charter
Find info about Takeover clauses (Anti takeover amendments etc)
Voting rules (Proxies, voting at meetings)
Nomination directors
Do a comparison with other companies in the same sector