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1. Shareholders’ Voting at General Meetings: Evidence from the Netherlands

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Peter Roosenboom, Gerard Mertens, Abe de Jong, Department of Finance, and Research programme EEF

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Finance, Pension, Corporate governance, business.industry, media_common.quotation_subject, Equity capital, Accounting, General meetings, Legal protection, Shareholder, Shareholder resolution, restrict, Voting, Economics, Business and International Management, business, media_common
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We study annual general meetings of shareholders in the Netherlands. The Dutch corporate governance system is characterized by relatively concentrated shareholdings and large stakes owned by pension funds, banks and insurance companies. The legal protection of shareholders is poor due to the presence of takeover defenses, such as certificates, which deprive shareholders from their voting rights. An analysis of the minutes of 245 general meetings in the period 1998-2002 reveals that on average 30% of the equity capital is represented at the meeting. All proposals at the meeting are sponsored by the management and only 9 out of 1,583 proposals are rejected or withdrawn. Our analyses show that pension funds are the most active and critical shareholders at the meetings, while certificates effectively restrict shareholder rights. Our main conclusion is that the general meetings do not provide shareholders in the Netherlands any significant influence on management.

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2006
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2. Letter from W. J. Kerr

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Kerr, William J.

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Letter concerning a list of eighth grade graduates and high school graduates from public schools in Utah.

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1902

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