Why Computershare | Georgeson?
Meeting Preparation Services
Our meeting preparation services allow you to define your annual meeting objectives from the onset, ensure compliance with regulatory agencies and realize cost savings.
Broker Search and Distribution
As your single provider, we will manage the registered distribution and coordinate your beneficial mailing with all other respondent banks/brokers. Our experts supervise the communications with registered holders and beneficial distribution providers to ensure compliance and take the burden off your team throughout the process.
Shareholder Communications
We help you connect and communicate with your shareholders by designing dynamic communications ensuring brand consistency, promoting e-consent and emphasizing voting.
Financial Print and EDGAR SEC Filings
Eliminate unnecessary rush and overtime by leveraging our comprehensive financial print services, including:
- Enhanced proxy statement design
- Custom annual reports
- Proactive management of EDGAR SEC filings
Proxy Solicitation Process
Understand and engage with institutional investors and predict how they are likely to vote. Reach retail shareholders with your company’s message. Georgeson, the leader in proxy solicitation, helps companies identify, locate and communicate to important shareholders to secure proxy vote support.
Shareholder Engagement & Voting
Provide a simplified, cohesive and branded experience across multiple communication channels proven to engage your shareholders and drive voting. Reach the right institutional contacts with a prepared message that will resonate. Personalized channels include:
- Customized voting site
- Email – including pURLS
- SMS messaging to specified un-voted shareholders
- Scheduled investor engagement calls with preparation
Electronic Consent
All communication channels including Email, SMS text, Print and client portals, such as Investor-Vote and Investor Center, are thoughtfully designed to promote and drive electronic consent reducing your future spend on print and mail.
Voting Analytics
Receive proxy vote reporting so you know where you stand and can refocus resources on the campaign tactics that are most effective. Analyze metrics and trends to drive value for future communications. We provide real time updates and insights into voting trends.
Virtual Meetings
With our Virtual Meetings, you can view the annual meeting remotely from any digital device and cast their proxy votes securely online.
Inspector of Elections
Computershare’s inspectors of election have served at thousands of meetings over the years. They have gained valuable insights on what it takes to run a meeting, and the pitfalls that can disrupt it.
Post-Meeting Review
Post-meeting, we evaluate the overall annual meeting process to ensure you met your goals. We also provide analysis of your annual meeting vote results and any issues that may have come up with recommendations for ways to improve your outcomes in the future.
Annual Meetings by the Numbers
3,800
global annual meetings
20 million
proxy cards mailed annually
6 million
eDistributions
1,600
annual meeting document websites hosted
20%
cost savings on average with our financial print/EDGAR filing services
1,000
EDGAR filings managed annual for clients
A Partner You Can Rely on Every Step of the Way
As your partner, we ensure that both you and your shareholders benefit during the annual meeting process.
Shareholder Benefits
- Centralized account management
- Reduce escheatment risk
- Familiarity
- Ease of use
- Clarity on company objectives
Issuer Benefits
- Simplified event coordination
- Communication strategy
- Sustainability and cost
- Successful proxy vote results
- Reduce data security risk