proxy fight

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackRock Advisors LLC (“BlackRock”) announced today that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, recommended that shareholders of BlackRock ESG Allocation Term Trust (NYSE: ECAT) (the “Fund”) vote on the WHITE card FOR nine out of ten of the incumbent Board nominees and AGAINST the proposal put forth by a dissident shareholder to terminate BlackRock as investment adviser ahead of the Fund’s annual meeting on June 26

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlackRock Advisors LLC (“BlackRock”) announced today that Glass Lewis, a leading independent proxy advisory firm, recommended that shareholders vote on the WHITE proxy card FOR all of the Board nominees of BlackRock ESG Allocation Term Trust (NYSE: ECAT) (the “Fund”) and AGAINST the proposal put forth by a dissident shareholder to terminate BlackRock as investment adviser ahead of the Fund’s annual meeting on June 26, 2025. In issuing its report, Glass Lewis rejected

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Saba Capital Management, L.P. (together with certain of its affiliates, “Saba”), the largest common shareholder of ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (NYSE: ASA) (“ASA” or the “Fund”) with 17.2% ownership of the Fund’s outstanding shares, today announced that a second leading proxy advisory firm, Glass, Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”), has recommended shareholders vote FOR the expansion of ASA’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to five members and FOR the election o

NEW YORK & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Nihon Global Growth Partners Management Inc. (“NHGGP”) announced that Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (“ISS”), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, has recommended that shareholders vote for the election of both qualified outside director candidates nominated by NHGGP, via an affiliated fund, to the Board of Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. (2875.T) (“Toyo Suisan” or the “Company”) at the upcoming Annual General Meeting. The investor group led by

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGAE) (the “Company” or “AGAE”), a global experiential entertainment company, strongly urges its stockholders to support the Company nominated directors up for reelection by Allied Gaming & Entertainment to remain on the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) at AGAE’s combined 2024/2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). AGAE also strongly urges stockholders to be cautious about misrepresented a

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HG Vora Capital Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, “HG Vora”) sent a letter to shareholders of PENN Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) (“PENN” or the “Company”) urging them to cast their votes “FOR” the election of all three independent director candidates nominated by HG Vora – William Clifford, Johnny Hartnett, and Carlos Ruisanchez – to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) on the GOLD proxy card at PENN’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (t

WYOMISSING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PENN Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN) (“PENN” or the “Company”) today announced that leading independent proxy advisory firm Glass, Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”) has recommended that shareholders vote “FOR” PENN’s two director nominees – Johnny Hartnett and Carlos Ruisanchez – on the Company’s WHITE proxy card in connection with the Company’s upcoming 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 17, 2025. In its report dated June 9, 20