The Time to Act Is Now
The Securities and Exchange Commission is threatening to eliminate the right to file shareholder proposals, or limiting access to the process to only very wealthy investors. Proposed changes would make it significantly harder for shareholders to raise concerns at annual meetings, handing more power to corporate management and less to the people whose money is actually at stake.
Why This Moment Matters
The shareholder proposal process has worked. It has surfaced risks, improved governance, and protected retirement savings for generations of Americans. Losing it means losing one of the few tools everyday investors and their advisors have to hold companies accountable.
$48 Trillion
in U.S. retirement assets invested in public companies
80 Years
the shareholder proposal process has been protecting American investors
2026
The chairman of the SEC has said he wants to reconsider whether the SEC will require companies to publish shareholder proposals at all.
This process has protected American investors for decades. Help us defend it.
Shareholder proposals matter because this is your money at stake. Understanding this process helps explain how everyday investors are protected and why these rights play an important role in healthy markets and long-term financial security.
Losing this process would weaken an important feedback loop in U.S. capital markets and pose real risks to long-term financial security.