As shareholder activism continues to expand, resolutions put to securityholders will continue to face intense scrutiny from all classes of investor. For this reason, issuers must clearly communicate their proposals to ensure investors are able to make an informed decision as to how they will vote. This means a lot more than just sending out the Notice of Meeting, Proxy form and then counting on the accompanying letter to sell the story.

As Australia's pre-eminent and only global proxy solicitation and strategic shareholder communications specialist, Georgeson can partner with you to identify, locate and communicate with your investors to secure their support and drive your corporate action across the line.

With proven methodology, expertise and proprietary research techniques, Georgeson can forecast stakeholder support levels for your transaction and benchmark voting intentions. Other services also include telephone canvassing, opinion-polling and help-line services.

Shareholder Analysis

With the global focus on corporate governance and the rise of shareholder activism, the influence of the retail shareholder has significantly increased over recent years. Georgeson can segment your company register and contact targeted shareholder groups on your behalf, to ensure they cast their votes appropriately.

Vote Projection

The success of any solicitation is heavily influenced by a company's ownership profile. By drawing on our empirical data on historical voting patterns we can analyse your shareholder base and together with our knowledge of institutional voting policies we can predict, with a high degree of accuracy, how much support a proposal can expect to attract.