The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:12:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png 2026 Annual Report and Proxy Season: Proxy Voting Matters – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 2026 Annual Report and Proxy Season: Proxy Voting Matters https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/12/15/2026-annual-report-and-proxy-season-proxy-voting-matters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2026-annual-report-and-proxy-season-proxy-voting-matters https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/12/15/2026-annual-report-and-proxy-season-proxy-voting-matters/#respond Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:32:01 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=178124?d=20260102145347EST Posted by Ali Perry, Liz Walsh, and Jennifer Zepralka, Mayer Brown, on Monday, December 15, 2025
Editor's Note:

Ali Perry and Liz Walsh are Counsel, and Jennifer Zepralka is a Partner at Mayer Brown. This post is based on a Mayer Brown memorandum by Ms. Perry, Ms. Walsh, Ms. Zepralka, Anna Pinedo, and Carlos Juarez.

During the 2025 proxy season, the volume of shareholder proposals fell in the United States and rose modestly in Europe and the UK. From a substantive perspective, the season underscored an investor preference for targeted governance reforms, and in particular, the removal of supermajority provisions, board declassification, and enhanced special meeting rights.

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