WILL VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETINGS BECOME THE NORM FOR PUBLIC COMPANIES?
Jonathan FosterJune 17, 2020
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As annual meeting season approaches, it is time again to consider whether businesses will soon shift to a fully-virtual format. Online-only and hybrid meetings have been occurring for years; however, 2020 is the first year that companies may be forced to cancel their in-person events altogether.
Over the last few weeks, concerns over the global spread of coronavirus have prompted some large companies to switch their annual meetings to virtual-only formats. These companies include Facebook, Nvidia, Alphabet, and, most recently, Starbucks.
In early March, Starbucks relea...