As a shareholder, you are part-owner of a company and that company’s management has a responsibility to be accountable to you. You have an important voice in influencing policies that impact shareholder value, the culture of the company and the effect the company has on the world around it.

On behalf of the financial services industry, the underwriters for public companies in the financial markets, SIFMA is proud to offer this comprehensive guide to the proxy election process on the importance of the individual investors’ participation.