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Deals Data | Corporate Governance

Proxy Fights

Proxy fights and Poison Pill dataset for corporate governance analysis, supported by ownership, stewardship and database metadata.

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Key facts for Proxy Fights

Coverage metric

Geography:
North America, Asia / Pacific, EMEA, Latin America and the Caribbean
History:
Proxy Fights from 1987; Poison Pills from 1983
Coverage count:
Documents/Reports/Records - 22360 Transactions

Delivery metadata

Data Frequency
Intra‑day
Language
English
Delivery methods:
Excel, Web Service, API, Deployed/Onsite Servers, Cloud, Desktop, FTP, Bulk, Snowflake, Website, RSS Feed
Data formats:
PDF, GZIP, XML, JSON, SQL, CSV, Text, Python, MPEG, HTML, Bitmap, User Interface, PCAP
Minimum service frequency
Intra‑day

Overview of Proxy Fights

MONITOR GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES

Monitor Corporate Governance and Activism

• Track activist campaigns and shareholder influence events

• Analyse corporate control challenges and board disputes

• Support governance, strategy and investment research

BUILT FOR ACTIVISM RESEARCH

Built for Activism and Governance Analysis

• Connects activist campaigns with ownership and governance data

• Tracks proposals, filings and shareholder engagement activity

• Intra-day updates support timely governance intelligence

SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM ACTIVITY

Shareholder Activism and Proxy Contest Data

• Proxy fight data covering shareholder activism and governance disputes

• Coverage of over 22,000 transactions with history dating back to 1983

• Includes campaigns, proposals and activist ownership profiles

Description of the dataset

  • LSEG delivers Proxy Fights data focused on dissident shareholder activity and formal governance challenges involving prominent shareholder activists. We track activity from early public announcements and proposals through to launched proxy contests.
  • Our Proxy Fights coverage helps corporate governance teams, bankers, investors and legal advisors evaluate activist campaigns, board challenges and shareholder influence events. We enable customers to connect activism signals with transaction strategy, corporate control analysis and issuer-level research.
  • LSEG organises the dataset with governance metadata covering data domain, sub-domain, dataset identifiers, business service references and accountable owner roles. We document stewardship, quality ownership, database location, dataset type and mastering approach to support-controlled enterprise use.
  • We position Proxy Fights alongside Poison Pills content so customers can analyse both activist pressure and corporate defensive responses. Our standardised approach supports screening, monitoring, historical research and deal advisory workflows across the corporate governance landscape.

Accessing the dataset

This dataset can be used by the following products. Talk to us to learn more about different packages and offerings.

LDMS - LSEG Data Management Solution
Cloud-hosted data management and repository platform for commodities content. Supports loading and consolidation of LSEG, third-party, and proprietary data and delivers near-streaming and non-streaming datasets such as pricing, reference data, and fundamentals via a unified interface for integration and analysis.
  • Data formats:
    • CSV, XML, JSON, Text, Python, HTML, User Interface
  • Delivery methods:
    • Excel, Web Service, API, Cloud, Desktop
  • Minimum service frequency:
    • Daily
  • Service Frequency Description:
    • Updated every hour

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