Institutional Shareholder Services said 100 shareholder proposals have received majority votes so far this year, with a total of 1,100 shareholder resolutions expected to be introduced this year. That would be a record, topping the previous high mark of 1,050 filed last year. This year, about 700 will come to a vote, about the same as last year.
Shareholder proposals that received a majority vote this year include 39 proposals calling for shareholder authorization of poison pill anti-takeover measures and 22 proposals to declassify boards and provide for the annual election of directors.
