1 material Form 8-K filing that 1 company we cover made with the SEC in December 2011, each read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). All of them was written later, when past filings were added: a selection, not every 8-K of the month (see the note below).
Special Opportunities Fund (SPE) asked the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 2011 for a declaratory order confirming that its new proxy voting procedure will not violate Section 12(d)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The fund's SEC staff had indicated it disagreed with the board's reading of the "seek instructions" option, so the board sought a ruling before implementing the procedure, which shareholders approved on December 7, 2011.
Shareholders approved the "seek instructions" proposal at the December 8, 2011 annual meeting: 3,116,846 for, 45,200 against, 37,028 abstain
Shareholders casting 98.57% of votes cast for or against supported the proposal
The board intends to implement the procedure on March 1, 2012 and requests an SEC order before that date
Briefs are written by AI from the filing text and can contain mistakes — open the filing before acting on anything. Impact (1-5) and tone are the AI's reading of the filing for shareholders, not a price forecast. Not investment advice.
Briefs marked “Written later” were written in November 2026 for filings that were by then more than three weeks old, so months before mid-October 2026 hold a selection: every material 8-K of the past year for the 100 largest companies we cover and the last 15 important 8-Ks of every other one. Briefs the number check holds back are not shown or counted. Also: the last 45 days, briefs by company, A–Z and the live SEC filings wire.