LONDON, England, December 4, 2024 – Proxymity, a global leader in digital investor communications, and Glass Lewis, a global leader in proxy voting and corporate governance insights, have announced a strategic partnership enabling institutional investors to carry out their end to end proxy voting process faster and more efficiently.

Glass Lewis clients can now leverage Proxymity’s proprietary technology and market connectivity for company meetings supported by the Proxymity platform. Benefits include instant meeting notifications, extended voting deadlines, and improved transparency throughout the meeting lifecycle, including true post-meeting vote confirmations.

Glass Lewis is well-recognized for delivering its proxy research and vote recommendations approximately 20 days in advance of company AGMs, providing clients more time to make vote decisions. With Proxymity’s extensive connectivity with issuers and leading custodian networks globally, investors using Glass Lewis can also benefit from improved voting deadlines, further expanding the amount of time investors have to cast their votes. The utilization of modern, real-time APIs, ensures investors can view and exercise accurate, up-to-the minute, voting entitlements. This represents another key step in bringing issuers and their shareholders closer together with real-time transparent communication and data.

“We are thrilled to partner with Glass Lewis to empower institutional investors with unmatched transparency and efficiency in their voting processes. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in our mission to streamline investor communications and ensure stakeholders have the tools they need for informed and timely execution of their shareholder rights,” said Dean Little, CEO of Proxymity.

“As the governance landscape continues to evolve, our partnership with Proxymity demonstrates our commitment to improving the timeliness, accuracy and transparency of the proxy voting process through the use of modern technologies and streamlined solutions. Together, we’re setting new standards for voting efficiency and transparency that benefit all stakeholders,” said Glass Lewis, Chief Operating Officer, John Wieck.

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