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What’s New

2010/2011 Annual Report

The 2010/2011 CCGG Annual Report is now available. To request a print copies, please contact Elif McDonald at (416) 868-3576 or at emcdonald@ccgg.ca.

Shareholder Democracy Study

CCGG released its first Shareholder Democracy Study at the Annual General Meeting held on June 15, 2011.

CCGG conducted the first study on the adoption rates of a number of important governance best practices related to shareholder democracy by S&P/TSX Composite Index issuers, including:

• the appointment of a chair or lead director who is independent of management
• holding annual director elections with individual director by director votes
• implementation by the board of a “majority voting” policy
• detailed disclosure of voting results for director elections, and
• the holding of an annual ‘Say on Pay’ shareholder advisory vote.

The study focused on the level of acceptance of these best practices by companies in the Index, based on publicly available data and confirming letters sent to each issuer. We also investigated the adoption rates of these practices as at April 30, 2003 - the date of the formation of CCGG – to identify trends in these key measures of shareholder democracy.

Annual General Meeting June 15, 2011

The Annual General Meeting for Members of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance will be held on June 15, 2011 at Torys LLP. The AGM will be followed by a public meeting where we will be joined by Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management. For details please contact us at (416) 868-3576 or emcdonald@ccgg.ca.

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