Dias, Luciana. Silva, Lucas S. A. “Avanços legais e regulamentares em matéria de participação e votação a distância nas assembleias gerais de companhias abertas” [Legal and regulatory advances in remote participation and voting at general meetings of public companies] in Pitta, André G., Rossetti, Maristela A. (Coord.). Governança corporativa: avanços e retrocessos, Quartier Latin, 2017, São Paulo, p. 491-525.

 

Summary

  1. Introduction
  2. The difficulties of shareholder engagement in general meetings
  3. Regulation issued by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission on remote participation and voting

3.1. Content and requirements of the remote voting ballot

3.2 Role of custodians, bookkeepers, and depositaries

3.3 Inclusion of shareholder proposals and candidates in the remote voting ballot

3.3.1 General aspects

3.3.2 Deadline for adding proposals and candidates to the remote voting ballot for ordinary general meetings

3.3.3 Deadline for adding candidates to the remote voting ballot for extraordinary general meetings

  1. Conclusion: expectations for shareholder engagement

 

Available at:

Dias, Luciana. Silva, Lucas S. A. Legal and regulatory advances in remote participation and voting at general meetings of public companies, 2017 (in Portuguese).