596. Suncorp (SUN): 1pm, September 23, 2022: first ever hybrid meeting was pushed back a day due to the public holiday for the Queen. Physical meeting in Brisbane and lodged 10 written questions, seven of which were asked. Watch high quality webcast of meeting which lasted 2 hours and 26 minutes. No meaningful protest votes and requests for transcript and broader voting disclosure were rejected by chair Christine McLoughlin.
595. Air New Zealand (AIZ): 2pm Auckland time, September 22. 2022: Hybrid meeting in Auckland which lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. Lodged these 14 questions but only 4 were asked. Waiting for AGM webcast to be published. No meaningful protest votes and proxies were disclosed with the formal addresses ahead of the meeting.
594. Collins Foods (CKF): 9.30am, September 2, 2022: hybrid in Brisbane. See notice of meeting and good to see proxy votes disclosed in the pre-AGM presentation. No meaningful protest votes. See list of 9 questions asked, the majority of which were ignored courtesy of a 2 question limit which was attempted mid-meeting but partially rejected by chair Robert Kaye SC. No sign of AGM webcast archive or transcript, despite requests.
593. Webjet (WEB): 9am, August 31, 2022: hybrid AGM with physical component in Melbourne at the company HQ on St Kilda Rd. See notice of meeting plus list of 15 questions asked, all but one of which were answered. No material protest votes and meeting lasted 90 minutes with 40 minutes of Q&A. Well done to the company for producing a full transcript for the first time.
592. ALS Corp (ALQ): August 23, 2022: hybrid AGM with physical component in Brisbane. See notice of meeting plus list of 12 written questions, the majority of which were ignored. Double digit protest vote against both directors up for election. No sign of AGM webcast archive or transcript.
591. OzForex (OFX), 2pm August 11, 2022: hybrid AGM with physical component in Sydney HQ. See notice of meeting. Only 4 of these 14 written questions were asked. Watch 78 minute webcast archive on Youtube, although no transcript produced. No material protest votes and they've been lodging the proxy votes with the presentation slides ahead of the AGM for many years, more than any other listed company. See Eureka Report write-up. See multi-language Twitter answer to one question from incoming chair Patricia Cross.
590. Macquarie Group (MQG), 10.30am, July 28, 2022: 10.30am hybrid with physical component at the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne. See notice of meeting. Online registration and questions commenced at 9.45am. See full exchange over 13 questions lodged across 3 different platforms. No protest votes of note.
589. Eagers Automotive (APE): 10am, July 15, 2022: a hybrid EGM to approve a $193 million related party transaction involving the Canberra car retailing assets of billionaire director and largest shareholder Nick Politis. The physical component was held at Morgans in Brisbane. Lasted for an hour and impressed that all 6 of these written questions lodged during the meeting were read out in full and answered comprehensively. The deal went through with 98% of voted stock in favour, even though proxy adviser Ownership Matters recommended against.
588. CSR, 10am, June 30, 2022: hybrid with physical component in Sydney. Lodged 10 questions and all but 1 were asked although there was some editing. Watch 62 minute webcast. They refused to provide a transcript. No notable protest votes.
587. Appen (APX): May 27, 2022 10am: hybrid with physical component in Sydney. Lodged 10 questions which were all asked, but some were edited down. Watch 1 hour 48 minute webcast. See coverage in The Australian.
586. Costa Group: 11am, May 25, 2022: hybrid meeting with physical component at 447 Collins St. Lodged these 9 questions but don't know what happened as no webcast archive published. Biggest protest vote was 5% against director Harry Debney.
585. Stanmore Resources (SMR): May 25, 2022 noon: hybrid with physical element in Brisbane at offices of law firm Norton Rose. See notice of meeting. Most of my questions were ignored, particularly those directed at the directors up for election about the recent dodgy capital raising. Watch webcast of 56 minute AGM.
584. Viva Energy: 3pm, May 24: hybrid meeting with physical component at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne. Asked 7 questions. Watch 81 minute webcast. Only protest was 12% against rem report. No transcript provided by the company, so we spent a few bob getting this partial transcript done.
583. Dicker Data: 2pm Friday, May 20: hybrid with physical component at Kurnell on Sydney's southern fringes. See notice of meeting. See text of 11 questions asked. Meeting lasted 90 minutes. Second strike on rem report. See results. First ever archive of webcast promised and subsequently delivered.
582. Crown Resorts (CWN), 10am, delayed from April 29. Fully virtual EGM to approve the Blackstone takeover. See announcement. Meeting lasted 32 minutes. Watch webcast. See text of 8 questions asked. Packer voted in favour so result was 99.9% support.
581. Woodside Energy (WPL): May 19, Perth: 10am (WST) hybrid. See notice of meeting. See text of 7 questions asked. Meeting lasted 3.5 hours. Sadly, no archive of the webcast has been provided. Big protests with 49% opposing climate report. See results.
580. Eagers Automotive (APE): May 18, 2022: Hybrid meeting with the physical component at the Brisbane office of Morgans stockbrokers. See notice of meeting. Pre-AGM email sent on April 16. Lodged proxies early. Yes to see promised archive of webcast. See text of 11 questions asked.
579. Vita Life Sciences (VLS): noon, May 11, 2022: Hybrid meeting with physical component at Automic Office in Sydney on level 5 of Deutsche Bank House at 126 Phillip St. See notice of meeting. Was only shareholder who attended in Sydney with main issue being asking about assault conviction of director Shane Teoh.
578. GPT (GPT): May 11, 2022. Hybrid with the physical meeting at Swissotel in Sydney. See notice of meeting. Pre-AGM email sent on April 15. Attended in Sydney and asked about 10 questions. Watch webcast and see results with only minor protest being 3.34% against director Michelle Somerville. No early disclosure of proxies or transcript provided.
577. Iress (IRE): May 5, 11.30am, 2022: level 27, 447 Collins St (new pantscraper building), plus online. See notice of meeting. See text of 4 questions asked. No early proxy disclosure and 3 rem protests between 12-15%.
576. QBE (QBE): May 5, 2022: hybrid with the physical meeting at the Wesley Conference Centre in Sydney. See notice of meeting. Pre-AGM email sent on April 15. They ignored all requests. See text of 7 questions lodged. Voting results showed 21% against director pay rise and 19% support for contingent shareholder resolution on climate. Watch 97 minute AGM webcast. Transcript request declined.
575. Ventia Services (VNT): May 5, 2022: virtual only meeting. See notice of meeting. Pre-AGM email sent on April 15. They agreed to most pre-AGM requests, including publishing proxies early. See text of 6 questions asked and transcript.
574. Rio Tinto (RIO): May 5 2022: hybrid. 9.30am at The Sofitel in Melbourne. See notice of meeting. Pre-AGM email sent April 28. See text of 2 jumbo questions lodged which generated coverage in The West Australian. First ever climate vote. See voting results and watch 2 hour and 12 minute webcast. The also produced this first ever transcript.
573. TPG (TPG): May 3, 2022. Fully online meeting. See notice of meeting. Pre-AGM email sent on April 11. See text of 8 questions. No meaningful protest votes. Proxy votes lodged with ASX ahead of meeting. Watch 65 minute webcast.
572. Santos (STO): May 3, 2022 10am (Adelaide time): Hybrid meeting with physical component at the Adelaide Town Hall. See notice of meeting. There were 4 separate shareholder resolutions on climate issues and the first non-binding vote on the Santos climate report. See pre-AGM letter sent on April 16. See text of 11 questions asked and big protest votes with a first strike on rem and 37% protest vote against the climate change report.
571. Latitude Financial, noon, April 27, 2022. Hybrid meeting with physical component being held at the RACV Club in Melbourne. See notice of meeting. Pre-AGM email sent on April 11. See text of 8 questions asked. Meeting lasted just under an hour and no-one else asked questions. No webcast archive or AGM transcript provided.
570. G8 Education (GEM), April 27, 2022: 11am hybrid in Brisbane. See notice of meeting. Pre-AGM email sent on April 11. See text of 7 questions asked. Geoff Orrock from ASA was only other questioner. Listen to 58 minute webcast and read transcript. See AFR coverage.
569. GQG (GQG), 9am, April 27, 2022. Fully online AGM for the Florida-based fund manager listed on the ASX since November 2021. See notice of meeting. Pre-AGM email sent on April 11. See text of 13 questions asked. Meeting last just under an hour and no-one else asked questions. Listen to this 21 minute audio recording of Q&A. Company refusing to provide transcript or access to webcast archive.
568. Iluka Resources: April 13, 2022. Hybrid. 9.30am WST. See notice of meeting. Pre-AGM email sent on April 11. See text of 5 questions asked. No meaningful protest votes and all wrapped up in an hour.
567. Oz Minerals: April 8, 2022 at Adelaide Airport. Hybrid. Watch webcast. See notice of meeting. No pre-AGM email.
566. Scentre Group, April 7, 2022: see list of 14 questions asked. Watch webcast. See voting results. Pre-AGM email sent 36 hours ahead of meeting. Chair butchered most of my questions and no transcript provided, but we got this one produced.
565. CIMIC, April 6, 2022: see list of 13 questions asked. Watch webcast. See voting results. No transcript provided.
564. Aristocrat Leisure, February 24, 2022: fully virtual AGM. See notice of meeting. 6 resolutions with two directors up for re-election and then 4 pay-related votes, including an increase in the fee cap for directors from $3.2 million to $4 million. See text of 16 questions lodged. No webcast archive or AGM transcript provided despite doing this twice a year with the results presentation.
563. Sydney Airport: February 3, 2022: takeover vote. Fully online. See text of 6 questions asked. See voting results.
562. Ausnet Services: January 28, 2022: takeover vote. Fully online. See text of 3 questions asked. See voting results.
Record 70 AGMs in 2021 lifting total to 561.
561. NAB: Friday, December 17, 2021 - proxies were announced before the meeting began. See text of 6 questions asked and watch webcast archive. They rejected request for a transcript. See letter to chair before the meeting.
560. ANZ: Thursday, December 16, 2021 - declined all pre-AGM transparency requests. See text of 10 questions lodged. Watch webcast archive. Yet to deliver a transcript.
559. Westpac: December 15, 2021: declined some of these pre-AGM transparency requests but was very pleased they produced this 95 page transcript. See text of questions asked and watch webcast.
558. Soul Pattinson: December 10, 2021, noon - see text of questions lodged, not all of which were asked. Failed to produce an archive of the webcast or transcript.
557. Sandfire Resources: November 26, 2021 2pm - see text of 9 questions asked. No webcast archive provided.
556. Regional Express: November 24, 2021 3pm - asked about 10 questions which were delayed until the end. Failed to produce an AGM webcast or transcript.
555. Prime Media: November 24, 2021 11am - see text of questions asked. No archive of webcast available.
554. K&S Corporation: November 23, 2021 2pm - asked about 12 questions, no other shareholder participated. No webcast archive, as you can see here.
553. Brickworks: November 23, 2021 - see text of questions asked and voting results. Failed to produce webcast archive or transcript.
552. Link Group: November 23, 2021 - see text of questions asked. See archive of 1 hour 51 minute webcast. No transcript provided.
551. Kathmandu: November 23, 2021 - see text of questions asked. See full AGM transcript lodged with ASX, something you rarely see, but couldn't find video archive. See AFR write-up - was described as a "thorn in the side" of chair David Kirk.
550. Lovissa: November 22, 2021 - see text of questions asked. No AGM webcast archive provided.
549. Betmakers: November 22, 2021 - see text of questions asked. No webcast archive provided.
548. Monash IVF: November 19, 2pm, 2021 - see text of questions asked. Failed to produce an AGM archive, even after publishing this audio file in 2020.
547. Next DC: November 19, 11am, 2021 - asked about 10 questions, including about controversial 2020 capital raising. See 90 minute webcast.
546. PEXA: November 19, 10am, 2021 - see text of questions. No webcast archive provided.
545. Accent Group: November 19, 10am, 2021 - see text of questions asked. No webcast archive provided.
544. Northern Star: November 18, 5pm, 2021 - see text of 13 questions asked. No webcast archive or transcript available. Old school chair Michael Chaney AO proved during the meeting he was certainly not a modern company leader, rejecting all requests for transparency and dismissing a JobKeeper question as "hopeless". He also conceded that this $12 billion gold mining giant which owns 100% of Kalgoorlie's super pit was not very diverse - 8 of the 9 directors live in Perth.
543. Humm Group: November 18, 2021, 4pm - see text of 13 questions asked of the now rebranded Flexigroup directors, plus this 67 minute webcast. Was a thorough but fair grilling given the Andrew Abercrombie chaired outfit has performed poorly for investors of late.
542. AMA Group: November 18, 2.30pm, 2021 - see text of 16 questions asked of the battling car repairs giant which tucked into $65 million of Jobkeeper, making the top 10 of ASX listed company recipients. The external candidate Peter Taylor polled less than 5%, mainly because he's currently suing the company. This 83 minute webcast is available and they didn't even name the challenging candidate in these voting results.
541. Mineral Resources: November 18, 12.30pm, 2021 - see text of questions asked. Billionaire CEO Chris Ellison reminded me of former Oxiana boss Owen Hegarty in his hey day. A real evangelist prone to making overblown claims. Hence the importance of this full 26 page transcript which has been commendably produced. However, the transcript didn't include the text of the spruiking corporate videos. If you go to the end of this 1 hour and 45 minute webcast, you'll see the corporate video finishes with the following lines: "The future for Mineral Resources is unlimited, we are the gold at the end of the rainbow." Hmmm, should ASIC and the ASX be discouraging such boosterism?
540. Mirvac: November 18, 11am, 2021 - as so often happens, the ASA representative and I were the only people asking questions. See this transcript and watch the webcast of the 64 minute meeting. There were 9% protest votes against chair John Mulcahy and James Millar given both have been on the board since 2009. Unlike with Dexus, Goodman and Charter Hall, there was no big remuneration protest related to excessively generous incentive grants to already wealthy CEOs. Might that be because Mirvac's CEO, Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, is female and doesn't need a top-up given that she's already made about $20 million from her long term incentive scheme.
539. Freedom Foods: November 18, 2021: see text of 6 questions asked. Listen to 58 minute webcast or read transcript. I'm down 90% on my $500 investment and this has been an absolute shocker steered by the Perich family, which is a related party milk supplier.
538. Bluescope Steel: November 18, 2021: see text of 7 questions asked. Watch webcast. Chairman John Bevan was Dr No as he rejected the transcript request, rejected disclosing the voting result by shares and shareholders and wouldn't even say what the proxy advisers were recommending. However, investors are happy because all resolutions passed with more than 97% of the voted shares in favour.
537. Altium: November 18, 9.30am, 2021: see text of 6 questions asked. Watch webcast of 2 hour and 19 minute meeting which was very much a show-case for this fabulous global player in the software for electric circuit boards. The Q&A didn't start until 90 minutes in but at least we got all the proxies first and there were big protest with 30% against the NED fees rise thanks to an ISS recommendation which was followed by the offshore index fund donkey vote (Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street). There was an 8% against vote chairman Sam Weiss and 40% against the constitutional tweak to allow for virtual meetings, meaning that it was defeated. See voting results. Also, big kudos to chairman Weiss for disclosing the for and against votes by shareholder on key resolutions during the meeting This was done on the fly after a written question, plus in the formal results.
536. Seek: November 17, 2021 - see text of 11 questions asked. See voting results where there were 3 Ian Narev rem protests ranging between 14-17%. See webcast.
535. Cromwell Property Group: November 17, 2021 - hybrid AGM with shareholders in Brisbane, top brass on video in Sydney. See list of 12 questions asked. Only small protest was 10.7% against Jialie Tang. No archive of webcast provided.
534. Liberty Financial: November 17, 2021 - see text of 13 questions asked. Listen to archive of 46 minute meeting.
533. Praemium (PPS): November 17, 2021 - see text of 7 questions asked. No AGM archive provided.
532. Platinum Asset Management: November 17, 2021 - see text of 10 questions asked. See video of 101 minute meeting.
531. Adore Beauty: November 11, 2021: see list of 8 questions submitted. No material protest votes. Promise webcast archive but it goes to a dead link.
530. Lendlease: November 11, 2021: see list of 19 questions submitted. Watch webcast and read transcript.
529. BHP: November 11, 2021: see list of 9 questions submitted which were all asked in full. BHP still isn't publishing a full archive of the webcast or a transcript, presumably because they don't want to promote the climate activists who were giving them stick.
528. Charter Hall: November 11, 2021: see list of 14 questions lodged, 12 of which were asked. See voting results with 22% against rem report and 38.7% against retention bonus for the CEO. See 72 minute webcast archive.
527. Estia Health: November 11, 2021: See list of 18 questions asked and voting results where constitutional amendment to move to online AGMs was defeated. This AGM history suggests they've never published a webcast archive.
526. Nine Entertainment: November 11, 2021: see full transcript of proceedings which was published on the same day as the AGM.
525. REA Group: November 11, 2021: see list of 17 questions submitted, all but 2 of which were asked. See voting results given the big protest votes on pay, the chair's election and the constitutional amendment. Watch 66 minute video archive.
524. Myer Holdings: November 4, 2021: see list of questions submitted. See voting results. Watch website archive of 2 hour 14 minute meeting, which included aggressive questions from Michael Kroger's son, presumably on behalf of Solomon Lew.
523. Domain Holdings: November 4, 2021: see list of questions submitted, which generated this coverage in The Age/SMH. No AGM archive provided, in contrast to what parent company Nine does.
522. Domino's Pizza: November 3, 2021: see list of questions submitted and coverage in The Australian. See video archive of 72 minute AGM, plus this first ever AGM transcript.
521. Cobram Estate Olives: October 29, 2021: see list of questions submitted and watch 1 hour and 55 minute AGM webcast.
520. Huon Aquaculture: October 29, 2021: see list of questions submitted at scheme meeting, not all of which were asked.
519. Blackmores: October 27, 2021: see list of questions asked.
518. Transurban: October 21, 2021: see list of questions asked, watch 2hr and 11 minute AGM webcast. Still yet to do an AGM transcript as this history shows.
517. Crown Resorts: October 21, 2021: See list of questions asked. Watch 123 minute webcast, plus read 21 page transcript. See The Australian, plus ABC TV's The Business. See The New Daily.
516. Endeavour Group: October 21, 2021 9am: see list of questions asked. No AGM archive of transcript provided.
515. Brambles: October 19, 4pm: see list of 9 questions asked and watch 66 minute webcast. No transcript this year even though they produced this transcript of the 2020 AGM.
514. Dexus: October 19, 2021, 1.30pm: see list of questions asked, Crikey coverage and watch 74 minute webcast.
513. Bapcor: October 19, 2021 1.30pm: see list of questions asked plus voting results as 50.61% went against the constitutional amendment seeking to lock in online only AGMs.
512. Tabcorp: October 19, 2021, 10am: watch webcast and see questions that were lodged online.
511. IDP Education: October 19, 10am: see list of questions asked, Crikey coverage and watch 56 minute AGM webcast.
510. Treasury Wine Estates: October 15, 2021: see list of 16 questions asked plus brief summary of answers. See notice of meeting for example of excellent annual election of directors policy in action. No transcript but watch archive of the 1 hour and 57 minute meeting here on Youtube.
509. CBA: October 13, 2021: see list of questions asked and watch the webcast. No transcript provided.
508. Southern Cross Media: Wednesday, October 13, 11am: See notice of meeting. See list of 8 questions asked. Watch 64 minute webcast, no transcript provided.
507. Viva Energy: October 11, 3pm: EGM on capital return. Chance to grill chair and former environment minister Robert Hill. See text of 9 written questions that were read out. See notice of meeting.
506. Amcil, October 7, 2021: see list of questions read out. No webcast archive provided.
505. Pointsbet, October 5, 2021: See list of 21 questions asked and see results with 13% against 2 rem items and 14% against the constitutional amendment for online AGMs. Watch 72 minute video archive on Youtube.
504. ASX, September 29, 2021: lobbed these 21 questions at the board, most of which were asked at a meeting which lasted two hours and 7 minutes. See full webcast and transcript.
503. Suncorp, September 23, 2021: lobbed these 14 questions at the board, most of which were asked at a meeting which lasted two and a half hours. See full webcast. No transcript provided.
502. AGL, September 22, 2021: lobbed these 13 questions at the board, most of which were asked at a meeting which lasted almost 3 hours given the presence of climate activists. Watch webcast and see full transcript.
501. Milton, September 13, 2021: scheme meeting for Soul Patts takeover. Lobbed these seven questions at the board which were read out by the CEO but chairman Robert Millner was nowhere to be seen. See Eureka Report.
500. Metcash, September 1, 2021: lobbed these 7 questions at the board which were answered in full. Watch full webcast.
499. Macquarie Group, July 29, 2021: lobbed 21 written questions which were all answered in full. See Crikey story plus this Eureka Report wrap. Watch webcast and see transcript.
498. Ausnet: July 15, 2021: lodged 4 questions before the AGM and a further 8 during the meeting. See all 12 questions asked, plus this Eureka Report wrap. Listen to 92 minute audio archive.
497. Woolworths Endeavour Group demerger EGM: June 18, 2021: shut down after asking these 10 questions. Watch the webcast archive and here is the transcript. See Eureka Report wrap plus coverage in The AFR.
496. Moelis Australia, May 28, 2021: lodged 22 written question of which 17 were asked. See debate transcript plus Eureka Report story. The company refused to post an archive of the webcast. Here is an analysis of how they handled or censored all of my questions.
495. Rio Tinto, May 6, 2021: Only 2 of the 11 submitted online questions were asked. See Eureka Report article, plus Crikey story and full transcript.
494. AMP, April 30, 2021: impressed that they read out about 20 of these 26 questions. See Crikey AGM preview.
493. CIMIC, April 14, 2021: See Eureka Report write-up. Watch AGM webcast and see transcript.
2020 (30, the most since attended 37 in 2010)
492. NAB: 9.30am, December 18, 2020: raised the badly structured capital raising which shafted retail investors. Watch the full 3 hour video webcast.
491. ANZ: 10am, December 16, 2020: chair succession and much more. Watch the 2 hour and 24 minute AGM video webcast.
490. Westpac: 10am, December 11, 2020: money laundering fines, COVID relief for customers and
much more. See this first ever AGM transcript and watch the 2 hour and 48 minute AGM video webcast.
489. Washington H. Soul Pattinson: noon, December 9, 2020: an opportunity to engage with billionaire chairman Rob Millner about coal troubles and the bid for Regis Healthcare. No webcast.
488. Premier Investments: 10.30am, December 4, 2020: refusing to pay the rent, what is going on with JobKeeper and stalking Myer. Archive of AGM webcast only includes chair address. No webcast.
487. IOOF Holdings: 9.30am, November 25, 2020: dreadful capital raising structure and over-paying for MLC. AGM lasted 64 minutes. Watch video archive and see coverage in The Age.
486. Harvey Norman: 11am, November 25, 2020: lack of independent directors, likely third straight strike on rem report, botched executive incentive plan and appointment of first ever female NED. No archive of the AGM was provided. See Crikey story.
485. Mayne Pharma: 10am, November 24, 2020: took the opportunity to quiz chairman Roger Corbett and his billionaire mate Bruce Mathieson over the poor performance of this company.
484. Kogan.com: 10am, November 20, 2020: options scandal for founders, lack of independent directors plus Mayne board tilt. No video archive available.
483. SEEK: 3pm, November 19, 2020: recent attacks by short seller, sustainability of China business.
482. REA Group, 2pm November 17, 2020: relations with controlling shareholder News Corp and competition with Domain. Watch the 61 minute AGM webcast.
481. Afterpay, 10am November 17, 2020: can this runaway share price be sustained and how is credit quality holding up? How risky is the regulatory environment and what did the board makes of ASIC's report released yesterday? No transcript made public.
480. News Corp: November 18, 2020. was only allowed to ask two questions for Rupert. Webcast lasted 29 minutes and was audio only with no video. The links expires after 3 months.
479. Woolworths, November 12, 2020: lodged the questions early on gambling then played elsewhere. Full archive of 121 minute AGM webcast plus they even do a full transcript.
478. Seven West Media, November 12, 2020: See Crikey write-up.
477. Nine Entertainment, November 12, 2020: See Crikey write-up.
476. Fortescue Metals, November 11, 2020: lots of questions for Twiggy who dialed in from Paraquay. Watch the 2 hour and 47 minute webcast.
475. Myer: October 29, 2020: watch the 1 hour and 46 minute webcast. Asked 5 questions in the last 20 minutes covering Solly Lew, balloon rental liabilities, Afterpay, JobKeeper and potential equity investments by Scentre or Vicinity. Chair Gary Hounsell resigned on the day when facing potential defeat and some big protests with 33% against the rem report and CEO LTI grant. See the results.Reece: October 29, 2020: high
quality webcast and asked about 10 questions, a couple of which were censored.
No transcript or archive of webcast available.
474. Equity Trustees: October 28, 2020 (online) - farewell to Jeff Kennett.
473. Regis Healthcare: October 27, 2020 (online) - coping with COVID. Listen to 67 minute webcast.
472. Boral: October 27, 2020 (online) - influence of the Stokes camp. The chair protected the CEO from difficult questions. See Eureka Report write-up. Read first and last transcript as they didn't produce one in 2021 when Stokes had control.
471. GUD: October 27, 2020 (online) - watch webcast of 91 minute AGM. Asked a couple about director recruitment and workload. Tag team with John Whittington from ASA.
470. Worley: October 23, 2020 (online) - handling DAR Group push for board representation. See Eureka Report write-up.
469. Crown Resorts: October 22, 2020 (online) - lots of issues. See Eureka Report write-up. Read transcript and watch 2 hour and 28 minute video webcast.
468. Cochlear: October 20, 2020 (online) - ran for board complaining about badly structured capital raising. See Eureka Report write-up.
467. Milton: October 20, 2020 (online) - ran for board. No webcast archive.
466. Macquarie Group: July 30, 2020 (online) - ran for board on capital raising rip offs. See partial transcript.
465. Ausnet: July 18, 2020. An online only AGM. See Eureka Report AGM summary. Listen to the 80 minute audio archive.
464. Santos: April 2, 2020 (online)
463. Aristocrat Leisure: February 20, 2020 (Sydney) - attended with the mother of a pokies addict. Webcast strangely dropped from this AGMs page on their website.
Attended 139 in the 10 years to the end of 2019 bringing the total to 424
2019 (18)
Soul Pattinson: December 2, 2019 (Sydney). Questions were prematurely shut down after a few climate questions.
Harvey Norman: November 26, 2019 (Sydney). Lots of coverage after ran for the board.
Altium: November 26, 2019 (Sydney)
Mayne Pharma: November 22, 2019
Afterpay: November 13, 2019
Nine Entertainment: November 12, 2019 (via Michael West as proxy - see report).
Woolworths: November 12, 2019. Sydney. See transcript and watch video of almost 4 hour AGM and EGM for Endeavour Group demerger.
Evans and Dixon: November 11, 2019 - see coverage in The AFR.
Village Roadshow: November 1, 2019 - a dramatic fight between the Kirby brothers. See Eureka Report write-up.
Hansen Technologies: October 25, 2019.
Crown Resorts: October 24, 2019 (with Tim Costello). The 128 minute webcast is available here.
Hotel Property Investments: October 23, 2019.
Treasury Wine Estates: October 16, 2019.
Transurban: October 10, 2019 - no webcast available.
AMCIL: October 10, 2019
AFIC: October 8, 2019
Macquarie Group: July 25, 2019 (Sydney)
Aristocrat Leisure: February 21, 2019 (Sydney)
2018 (10)
REA Group: November 21, 2018
Hotel Property Investments: November 21, 2018
Seven West Media: November 14, 2018
Nine Entertainment: November 14, 2018
Macquarie Media: November 8, 2018
Crown Resorts: November 1, 2018 (Perth) - first ever webcast. Audio file of 95 minute meeting available here.
JB Hi Fi: October 25, 2018.
Equity Trustees: October 19, 2018
Moelis Australia: May 28, 2018 (Sydney)
AMP: May 10, 2018 - see 44 page transcript which includes list of participants at the start.
2017 (5)
Richmond Football Club: December 11, 2017. Raised the pokies issue. See Eureka Report write-up.
Premier Investments: December 1, 2017
Woolworths: November 23, 2017. Supported Susan Rennie's board tilt. See Alliance for Gambling Reform newsletter write-up. See Eureka Report.
Crown Resorts: October 26, 2017 - generated a stack of coverage after turned up with Tim Costello and Anna Bardsley. See Alliance for Gambling Reform newsletter write-up. See Eureka Report.
Macquarie Group: July 27, 2017 - last meeting in Melbourne.
2016 (7)
Mayne Pharma: November 29, 2016. See Mayne Report write-up on company's ridiculous AGM cost cutting.
Village Roadshow: November 28, 2016 - at the Jam Factory in South Yarra. No webcast.
21st Century Fox AGM: November 10, 2016, Los Angeles. See Mayne Report write-up.
News Corp AGM: November 10, 2016, Los Angeles. See Mayne Report write-up. See Crikey piece on free speech suppression.
Aconex: October 25, 2016 - asked a few pointed questions on accounting issues.
Westfield: May 12, 2016 - contributed to Four Corners coverage on political donations
Woodside Petroleum: April 21, 2016 - flew to Perth
2015 (14)
Ten Network Holdings: December 8, 2015 - see Crikey story.
Premier Investments: November 27, 2015 - Solly Lew was very cranking, demanding to know how many shares I owned. See Crikey story.
Seek: November 26, 2015
Monash IVF: November 26, 2015
Myer: November 20, 2015
REA Group: November 12, 2015
Asciano: November 10, 2015
K2 Asset Management: November 10, 2015
Crown Resorts: October 21, 2015 - See Crikey write-up.
Mirrabooka: October 5, 2015
Programmed Maintenance Services: July 29, 2015
Macquarie Group: July 23, 2015
Invocare: May 22, 2015
Aristocrat Leisure: February 27, 2015
2014 (20)
ANZ: December 18, 2014. Represented ACCR. See Crikey write-up.
Network Ten Holdings: December 17, 2014 - ran for board. See Crikey story.
Cabcharge: November 26, 2014: ran for board. See Crikey write-up.
IOOF November 25, 2014
Nine Entertainment Company: November 19, 2014 - see Crikey piece.
News Corp: November 13, 2014 - see Crikey piece.
21st Century Fox: November 12, 2014 - see Crikey piece.
Brambles: November 6, 2014
Fairfax Media: November 6, 2014 - see preview piece in Crikey, plus AGM wrap in Crikey.
Equity Trustees: October 31, 2014
Reece Australia: October 30, 2014
Slater & Gordon: October 20, 2014
Ansell: October 16, 2014
Treasury Group: October 14, 2014
Transurban: October 9, 2014
Mirrabooka: October 6, 2014
Leighton Holdings: May 19, 2014
Westfield Group: May 29, 2014
Westfield Retail: May 29, 2014 - see Crikey story.
Westfield Retail resumed meeting: June 20, 2014
Macquarie Group: July 24, 2014
2013 (total 12)
Macquarie Group July 25, 2013
Prime Agricultural Group (EGM) April 15, 2013
AFIC: October 9, 2013
Southern Cross Media: October 22, 2013
AGL Energy: October 23, 2013
Carsales.com: October 25, 2013
Fairfax Media: November 7, 2013 - negotiated a $40,000 cut in Roger Corbett's chairman's fee on the floor of the meeting.
REA Group: November 13, 2013
Virgin Australia: November 20, 2013
Seek: November 28, 2013
Westpac: December 13, 2013
Ten Network Holdings: December 18, 2013
2012 (total 8)
Seek November 29, 2012
REA Group: November 14, 2012
Tassal Group October 31, 2012
Carsales October 26, 2012
Echo Entertainment October 25, 2012
Suncorp October 25, 2012
Cochlear October 16 2012
QR National: November 21, 2012
2011 (total 14)
ANZ AGM December 16, 2011
David Jones AGM December 2, 2011
Soul Patts AGM: December 2, 2011
Gunns AGM: November 24, 2011
Seek AGM: November 21, 2011
BHP-Billiton AGM: November 17, 2011
Nexus Energy AGM: November 17, 2011
REA Group AGM: November 16, 2011
Lend Lease AGM: November 9, 2011
Toll Holdings AGM: October 26, 2011
News Corp AGM: October 21, 2011 - see Mayne Report.
Ansell AGM: October 17, 2011
Australian Shareholders' Association AGM: May 18, 2011
Santos AGM: May 5, 2011
2010 (total 37)
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