Symposium on Corporate Elections

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This paper contains the edited transcripts of the Symposium on Corporate Elections held at Harvard Law School in October 2003. The symposium brought together SEC officials, CEOs, directors, institutional investors, money managers, shareholder activists, lawyers, judges, academics, and others to discuss the subject from a wide range of perspectives. The symposium included the following six sessions:1. The Basic Pros and Cons of Shareholder Access.Martin Lipton and Steven Rosenblum, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen amp; Katz, Lucian Bebchuk, Harvard Law School2. The Board/Management Perspective.Richard Breeden, Richard C. Breeden amp; Co. John Castellani, The Business Roundtable James Rogers, Cinergy Inc. Ralph Whitworth, Apria Healthcare Group3. The Perspective of Institutional Investors.Orin Kramer, Kramer Spellman Robert Pozen, Harvard Law School Michael Price, MFP Investors Sarah Teslik, Council for Institutional Investors4. The Perspective of Shareholder Activists and Advisers.Jaime Heard, Institutional Shareholder Services Robert Monks, Lens Governance Advisors Damon Silvers, AFL-CIO John Wilcox, Georgeson Shareholders5. Legal Problems in Designing a Shareholder Access Rule.John Coffee, Columbia Law School Joseph Grundfest, Stanford Law School Robert Todd Lang, Weil, Gotshal amp; Manges Charles Nathan, Latham amp; Watkins Leo Strine, Delaware Chancery Court6. Concluding Remarks.Robert Clark, Harvard Law School Floyd Norris, The New York Times Harvey Goldschmid, U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionEach session started with opening presentations by the panelists, followed by a discussion among the panelists and between the panelists and other participants in the symposium.