Comments on: It’s go time. Proxy season is almost here. http://blog.moxyvote.com/index.php/2010/02/22/proxy-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=proxy-season Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:09:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://blog.moxyvote.com/index.php/2010/02/22/proxy-season/#comment-127 Jeff Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:03:25 +0000 http://blog.moxyvote.com/?p=262#comment-127 Nice display, Very cool. Compliments for sharing your method - the Excel geeks in the crowd thank you :) Nice display, Very cool. Compliments for sharing your method – the Excel geeks in the crowd thank you :)

]]> By: Doug http://blog.moxyvote.com/index.php/2010/02/22/proxy-season/#comment-115 Doug Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:37:33 +0000 http://blog.moxyvote.com/?p=262#comment-115 Joe, it's all driven by the calendar and reporting requirements. Most companies choose to end their fiscal years on December 31, mostly as a matter of convenience and tradition, and they want to present the results of the year at their annual meeting. It takes them about three months to close their books, and a few weeks to schedule the meeting and distribute the proxy materials. And then *boom*, everyone's having their annual meetings in May. Joe, it's all driven by the calendar and reporting requirements. Most companies choose to end their fiscal years on December 31, mostly as a matter of convenience and tradition, and they want to present the results of the year at their annual meeting. It takes them about three months to close their books, and a few weeks to schedule the meeting and distribute the proxy materials. And then *boom*, everyone's having their annual meetings in May.

]]> By: Joe http://blog.moxyvote.com/index.php/2010/02/22/proxy-season/#comment-113 Joe Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:28:41 +0000 http://blog.moxyvote.com/?p=262#comment-113 I find it interesting that there is a busy season for proxy voting. Why is March to June the trend? I find it interesting that there is a busy season for proxy voting. Why is March to June the trend?

]]> By: Doug http://blog.moxyvote.com/index.php/2010/02/22/proxy-season/#comment-112 Doug Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:14:13 +0000 http://blog.moxyvote.com/?p=262#comment-112 If you'll indulge me with a little Excel geekery, I'll tell you how we made this graphic. Excel's charting facility can't make a chart like this, so we made it directly in the cells of a spreadsheet, using conditional formatting. The grid comprises 365 columns (one for each day) and about 500 rows (one for each company). That's about 182,000 cells. For each company, we had two dates: the record date and the meeting date. The logic of each cell went something like this: "If I'm between the record date and the meeting date, make me red." If you'll indulge me with a little Excel geekery, I'll tell you how we made this graphic. Excel's charting facility can't make a chart like this, so we made it directly in the cells of a spreadsheet, using conditional formatting. The grid comprises 365 columns (one for each day) and about 500 rows (one for each company). That's about 182,000 cells.

For each company, we had two dates: the record date and the meeting date. The logic of each cell went something like this: "If I'm between the record date and the meeting date, make me red."

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