A few weeks ago several large institutional investors identified as the Shareholder-Director Exchange (SDX) Working Group sent a letter to the lead directors and corporate secretaries of Russell 1000 companies asking them to consider shareholder-director engagement as an enhancement to their corporate governance. The financial media and other commentators have picked up the theme and seem to be building a case that direct communication between shareholders and directors is a governance best practice.

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