AGMs are strategic moments that shape investor confidence and test governance credibility.
Kingsdale’s 2026 AGM Readiness Checklist cuts through the noise with seven essential questions every board and management team should answer before their upcoming meeting.
Built on evolving ISS and Glass Lewis policy updates, shifting shareholder expectations, and lessons from the field, this checklist helps you identify gaps before they become problems. It covers key topics from shareholder turnout and executive pay alignment to diversity disclosures and audit committee preparedness.
The companies that thrive under pressure rarely react in the moment. They prepare early, engage thoughtfully, and get the details right.
Our track record speaks to that approach.
- 100% success rate across all mandates in FY 2025
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Your AGM is where trust is earned and resilience is built.
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Latest Insights
ISS Releases Changes to 2022 Benchmark Policy
On December 7, 2021, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) published its Benchmark Policy Changes for multiple countries in the Americas, including Canada. This publication of the final policy for 2022 comes more than a month after ISS released its proposed updates for comment on November 4.
Glass Lewis 2022 Policy Guidelines
Glass, Lewis & Co. has released its 2022 Policy Guidelines for the Canadian market as part of its annual proxy voting policy update process. These guidelines will be effective for shareholder meetings held on or after January 1, 2022.
Governance Advisory Update: ISS Publishes Results from Recent Policy Surveys
On October 1, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) published the results of two global policy surveys it conducted with market participants as part of its annual policy development process.
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* Source: Bloomberg Global Shareholder Activism League Tables FY2025 and LSEG Global Shareholder Activism Review FY2025.
#2025 and 2026 indicate proxy seasons: July 2024 to June 2026.