Virtual-Only Meetings Erode Shareholder Democracy, Institutional Investor Group Warns

Virtual-Only Meetings Erode Shareholder Democracy, Institutional Investor Group Warns
The Bay Street Financial District in Toronto on Aug. 5, 2022. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
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A group of institutional investors is voicing concerns about the rise of virtual-only shareholder meetings that they say risk eroding shareholder democracy.

In an open letter released on April 18, the coalition of 38 investors led by the B.C. General Employees’ Union called on S&P/TSX 60 companies to publicly disclose how they will ensure shareholders’ statutory and common law rights are being upheld.