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For more than eight decades, D.F. King has advised companies, boards and investors through complex and consequential situations. We combine deep market expertise, proven campaign strategy and hands-on execution, leveraging AI and analytics to help clients navigate shareholder engagement, corporate transactions and critical voting events with confidence.

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Equiniti Market Engagement

Always-On Shareholder Engagement

Proxy season is no longer a single event. D.F. King, Notified and Ownership Intelligence work as one Market Engagement team, so the people who track your register, distribute your news and run your IR website are the same people who win your vote.

Know

Ownership Intelligence

Shareholder identification, register analysis and ongoing monitoring show who holds the stock and how positions are moving.

Tell

Notified

GlobeNewswire distribution, IR websites, earnings webcasts and media monitoring carry your story to investors all year.

Engage

D.F. King Governance Advisory

Investor outreach preparation, vulnerability analysis, disclosure review and board education, so the strategy is formed before the ballot is printed.

Win

D.F. King Campaign Strategy

Solicitation across phone, email, text, digital and direct mail, with vote tracking until the polls close.

What we do

Equity, Fund and Debt.
One Team, One Data Set.

All services

Proxy Solicitation & Campaign Strategy

Annual & special meetings, contested solicitations, corporate info agent and M&A votes for public companies.

Mike MadalonManaging Director, Solicitation & Investor Engagement · Co-Head of Corporate Proxy

Strategic Advisory

Investor engagement prep, executive compensation advisory, activism preparedness, vulnerability analysis, governance counsel and continuing education for boards and management teams.

Zally AhmadiManaging Director, Strategic Advisory · Co-Head of Corporate Proxy

Debt & Liability Management

Information, tender, exchange and tabulation agent for tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations and restructurings.

Kristian KleinSenior Managing Director, Debt & Liability

Fund Advisory

Mutual fund proxy events driven with strategy, intelligence and precision. Powered by ProxyIQ and Notified.

Tom NaderExecutive Vice President, Fund Advisory

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How we win

Decades of judgment applied against real-time intelligence.That’s the art & the science of
how we win.

Digital-First Outreach

We reach registered and street-name holders by phone, email, text, digital and direct mail, in the order each holder is most likely to respond.

Market-Tested Vote Intelligence

Models built on proprietary voter data flag trends and opportunities in real-time, so effort shifts to the accounts that move quorum fastest.

Perspective Forged in High-Stakes Campaigns

Contested elections, activist defenses and transformational mergers have taught our senior team where a campaign is actually won.

Insights

Research Boards and Counsel Actually Read

Our strategic advisory team publishes The Debriefing, D.F. King’s annual review of the U.S. proxy season, and shares insights throughout the year through research publications, webinars, panel discussions, and contributions to leading governance, legal and corporate board publications.