by Jonathan Foster | Oct 19, 2020 | Blog, Jonathan F. Foster
The necessity of having virtual shareholder meetings this past proxy season due to the COVID-19 pandemic has further questioned the necessity of the in-person annual meeting. In a previous article, I challenged the in-person annual meeting’s questionable...
by Jonathan Foster | May 19, 2020 | Blog, Jonathan F. Foster
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) are three related pillars of criteria used to assess a company through the lenses of ethics and sustainability. The term was first coined in a 2005 study examining these three criteria as value drivers for a business. ESG...
by Jonathan Foster | Sep 19, 2019 | Blog, Jonathan F. Foster
Choosing to sell your business may be one of the hardest decisions you make in your career. Often, selling a business is a natural part of retirement by a controlling or sole shareholder, but an owner may also be looking to move on to a different venture or even a...
by Jonathan Foster | May 28, 2019 | Blog, Jonathan F. Foster
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provided the Securities and Exchange Commission with the authority to prescribe the frequency and content of periodic financial reports. Quarterly reporting has been required for publicly traded companies in the United States since...
by Jonathan Foster | Mar 27, 2019 | Blog, Jonathan F. Foster
For most publicly traded companies, the Annual Report used to be a detailed document printed on high-quality paper with first-class graphics and photographs describing a company’s business and financial results. Today, it is often just a few pages attached to the Form...
