Virtual AGMs: dialling down shareholder democracy
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Online-only AGMs are catching on in the UK and South Africa, with cost-cutting cited as the motive. But critics say they weaken shareholder accountability…
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Shareholders gave RMH a rough time but were almost entirely absent at WeBuyCars, in the last of the season’s AGMs…
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