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- March 2014 (Revised May 2014)
- Teaching Note
The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal
By: Lucy White and Benjamin C. Esty
On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general...
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Keywords:
Proxy Contest;
Proxy Battle;
Proxy Advisor;
ISS;
Glass Lewis ＆ Co.;
Hedge Fund;
Short Selling;
Share Lending;
Telecommunications;
Voting Rights;
Empty Voting;
Equity Decoupling;
Share Unification;
Dual Class Shares;
Canada;
Exchange Ratio;
Shareholder Activism;
Shareholder Votes;
Investment Activism;
Public Equity;
Capital Structure;
Investment Return;
Corporate Governance;
Corporate Finance;
Ownership Stake;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Valuation;
Telecommunications Industry;
Canada;
British Columbia;
United States;
New York (city, NY)
- October 2013 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal
By: Lucy White, Benjamin C. Esty and Lisa Mazzanti
On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general...
View Details
Keywords:
Proxy Contest;
Proxy Battle;
Proxy Advisor;
ISS;
Glass Lewis ＆ Co.;
Hedge Fund;
Short Selling;
Share Lending;
Telecommunications;
Voting Rights;
Empty Voting;
Equity Decoupling;
Share Unification;
Dual Class Shares;
Canada;
Exchange Ratio;
Shareholder Activism;
Shareholder Votes;
Investment Activism;
Public Equity;
Capital Structure;
Investment Return;
Corporate Governance;
Corporate Finance;
Ownership Stake;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Valuation;
Telecommunications Industry;
Canada;
British Columbia;
United States;
New York (city, NY)
- Article
On Derivatives Markets and Social Welfare: A Theory of Empty Voting and Hidden Ownership
By: Jordan M. Barry, John William Hatfield and Scott Duke Kominers
In the past twenty-five years, derivatives markets have grown exponentially. Large, modern derivatives markets increasingly enable investors to hold economic interests in corporations without owning voting rights, and vice versa. This leads to both empty...
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