Full-service proxy solicitation and shareholder advisory.
Harkins & Co. provides advisory and execution capabilities across the lifecycle of consequential shareholder matters, from early assessment through final vote and follow-through.
Advisory and Execution Capabilities
Board & Special Situations Advisory
Rapid shareholder intelligence, scenario analysis and decision-ready advice for boards and management teams confronting activism, contested transactions, governance challenges and other time-sensitive matters, developed in coordination with legal and financial advisors.
Shareholder Activism
Preparedness, vulnerability assessment, defense strategy, settlement support and execution through a fully contested solicitation.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shareholder-approval strategy and solicitation support for mergers, acquisitions and other transactions requiring investor approval.
Annual & Special Meetings
Strategy and execution for routine and complex annual meetings, special meetings and contested solicitations.
Shareholder Engagement Programs
Year-round engagement connecting off-season outreach with annual-meeting solicitation.
Market Intelligence & Stock Surveillance
Ownership analysis, vote modeling, institutional voting intelligence and market surveillance.
Tender & Exchange Offers
Information-agent and solicitation support for tender and exchange offers.
The infrastructure behind the advice.
Our advice is supported by the operating capabilities required to execute complex solicitations efficiently and at scale. Those capabilities operate as a coordinated workstream, allowing boards, management teams and their legal and financial advisors to receive consistent ownership analysis, solicitation activity and vote reporting without reconciling separate providers.
Ownership Profiles & Analysis
Detailed ownership profiles and institutional analysis that frame each strategy.
Vote Modeling & Projections
Vote modeling and scenario analysis, maintained and stress-tested through the meeting.
Institutional Solicitation
Institutional shareholder outreach conducted directly by our proxy solicitation professionals.
Virtual Call Center
A directly operated virtual call center providing scalable retail shareholder outreach, integrated with the firm’s institutional solicitation, vote tracking and reporting.
Information-Agent Services
Holder communications, intermediary outreach, participation tracking and reporting, coordinated with the appointed depositary, dealer manager and other transaction participants.
Market Intelligence & Stock Surveillance
Securities research and market-surveillance analysis used to identify and interpret changes in ownership and trading activity.
Discuss Your Next Shareholder Matter
Contact us with a brief overview of the matter. A member of our team will respond to arrange a discussion.