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  • n  a person authorized to act for another
  • n  a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

  • The current king of the proxy fighters is a tough-talking, dapper Washington lawyer named Alfons Landa, who admits that his role in more than half a dozen battles has made him "as.
  • While the New Haven fight (see above) carried off most of the headlines, other spring proxy wars were bubbling.
  • The good news for Lewis is that proxy fraud generally has lower penalties than regular securities fraud.
News & Articles

  • Unblock U.S. Proxy List Gives American Internet Experience to the World
    idcloak releases a list of public proxy servers designed specifically to grant free access to the American internet experience from abroad, including media, advertising, search results and regional pricing. (PRWeb June 11, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10810277.htm
    June 11, 2013 - PRWeb
  • Forest Labs to add Icahn rep to board, avert proxy fight
    (Reuters) - Forest Laboratories Inc said on Tuesday it will add a representative of Carl Icahn as an independent member to its board, averting a new proxy battle with the billionaire investor. The specialty drugmaker said the appointment of Vincent Intrieri, 56, would expand the board's size to eleven from ten directors. Intrieri has worked for various Icahn-related entities since 1998 and sits ...
    June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Leading Independent Proxy Advisory Firms ISS and Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC Recommend Vote “FOR” BioSante/ANI Merger
    BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that ISS Proxy Advisory Services and Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC, two leading independent proxy advisory firms, have recommended that BioSante stockholders vote “FOR” all proposals related to the merger of ANIP Acquisition Company d/b/a ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    June 10, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Quotes

  • Steve Ballmer in Forbes
    didn't agree to a deal by the deadline, Microsoft would "take our case directly to your shareholders, including the initiation of a proxy contest to elect an alternative slate of directors for the Yahoo! board," Ballmer wrote.
  • Jerry Yang in Times Online
    Jerry Yang, co-founder and chief executive at Yahoo!, said: "This agreement will not only allow Yahoo to put the distraction of the proxy contest behind us, it will allow the company to continue pursuing its strategy of being the starting point for...
  • Carl Icahn in ITworld.com
    I sincerely hope you heed the wishes of your shareholders and move expeditiously to negotiate a merger with Microsoft, thereby making a proxy fight unnecessary,Icahn wrote in closing the letter.

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