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A local public company was ready to prepare documents for its first meeting of shareholders. It asked its law firm to assist it in preparing its annual report on Form 10-K and its initial proxy statement. It soon became apparent to the company that it was not getting the amount of attention and help from its regular law firm that the company needed in order to get both of the projects timely completed and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and it had not seen a draft proxy statement four weeks after it had asked for a draft. At that point, the company’s CFO called Joe Richardson and asked if Gammage & Burnham could assist the company in preparing the proxy statement for its annual meeting of shareholders. Joe and Michael Gillette, a senior corporate associate, jumped on the project and furnished the initial draft proxy statement and related materials to the client within a week. The rapid response gave the client a several weeks head start on preparation of the meeting documents as compared to what the client had been anticipating. The end result for the client was a set of year-end reporting documents that were timely filed with the SEC and an annual meeting proxy statement and related materials that clearly communicated management’s and the Board of Directors’ message to the shareholders, and a shareholders meeting that ran smoothly with ample time for planning and preparation.