At Georgeson, we have one goal: to help you achieve your objectives.

Georgeson has the unparalleled reach, local knowledge and operational presence to help you achieve a successful outcome for your company. Georgeson will help your company become a winning team.

Today more than ever, amassing the votes needed to pursue your strategies is a constant challenge.  With the increasing influence of activist elements, high profile individuals, multiple levels of share ownership, and ever-changing regulations, proxy solicitation is becoming more complex.  In fact, less than 15% of shareholders vote in response to initial proxy distributions.

Georgeson has a proven track record in successfully meeting these increasing challenges. 

Our expertise is demonstrated by leading statistics and rankings:

• Over the past nine years, Georgeson has an average win rate of 71% in contested solicitations - the highest win rate in the industry. ¹
• We are chosen in over 1,000 proxy solicitations, proxy fights and other strategic shareholder transactions every year. ¹
• From 2006 to 2007, Georgeson worked on 7 of the 10 largest M&A deals in the EMEA region. ¹
• In 2006, Georgeson was awarded the most $100 million+ solicitation assignments on public M&A deals. This was more than any other company with a total of 97 solicitation assignments2, with a total deal value of $367 billion. ³
• Our PostMerger CleanUp™ and Asset Reunification™ programmes have reunited more than 1 million shareholders with their assets since the programmes began.
• We conduct more than 30 small shareholder (oddlot) programmes throughout North America every year.
• We are the shareholder service of choice for the world’s leading companies, including BAA Limited, The Walt Disney Company and Unilever PLC.  See what our clients have to say in our testimonials and case studies.

In addition to these credentials, Georgeson also offers you:

• More than 70 years’ experience in the industry.
• Real local knowledge and international expertise.
• Worldwide presence and operational offices in many key cities, including London, Rome, Madrid, Paris, Johannesburg,  New York and Sydney. To see the details of all our locations click here.
• A service tailored to meet challenges of every size and nature
• Multiple languages available in our existing team, including Arabic, Dutch, German, Filipino, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
• Enhanced services through our relationship with Computershare, the leading global registrar.

Next step
For more information on our services and solutions contact our Business Development team at bd@georgeson.com or your local office

Source for stats

¹Georgeson Proxy & shareholder response solutions Brochure 2007

²Corporate Control Alert, Jan/Feb 2007 - Volume 24, No. 1

³Georgeson estimate