Current and Former SEC Officials

"[Y]ou have made it abundantly clear to us that if we are going to rely upon the mechanisms of Rule 14a-8, then we have to first solve the problems of broker voting, over-voting, under-voting, OBOs and NOBOs." Christopher Cox, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC Roundtable Discussions Regarding the Federal Proxy Rules and State Corporation Law, Unofficial Transcript, May 7, 2007, p. 187.

"I think much as the Commission is looking overseas to answer some of these questions, there are systems in place in the U.K. and Australia whereby issuers know who all their shareholders are, including those in street name. And as we move towards a time and a process where communicating with shareholders is so much more important, I think this is a great opportunity for the Commission to look at those [proxy] rules." Amy Goodman, former SEC Associate Director and currently Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, SEC Roundtable Discussions Regarding the Federal Proxy Rules and State Corporation Law, Unofficial Transcript, May 7, 2007, p. 181.

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