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Daily Brief ESG: No Causality Between Shareholder Proposal Withdrawal and Share Price and more

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  • No Causality Between Shareholder Proposal Withdrawal and Share Price, but Dialogue Is a Good Thing

No Causality Between Shareholder Proposal Withdrawal and Share Price, but Dialogue Is a Good Thing

By Aki Matsumoto

  • I would like to discuss about the Nikkei article, “Shareholder Proposal ‘Withdrawn,’ Share Price Firm; Dialogue Leads to Compromise.”
  • Regarding “share prices of companies whose shareholder proposals are withdrawn are firm during sharp sell-off,” there seems little proof of causal relationship between withdrawal of shareholder proposals and stock performance.
  • Although Japanese corporate culture has tradition of doing everything without making a fuss, Japanese managers need to have serious discussion with shareholders on the balance between growth and shareholder returns.

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