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Takeover defense and corporate governance data is available through FactSet's SharkRepellent database

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By FactSet Insight  |  May 29, 2013

Netflix's Annual Meeting is next week. Netflix has more Board Structure and Shareholder Rights/Takeover Defense proposals on the ballot than any other S&P 500 company in 2013. Netflix has also been the top performer in the S&P 500 so far this year.

FactSet’s corporate governance database, SharkRepellent, provides takeover defense and corporate governance data for thousands of US companies including Netflix. You can obtain comprehensive data to prospect for new business, assess the defensive characteristics of specific companies, and perform comparable analyses across endless variables, including industry, market index, market capitalization, and state of incorporation.The dataset also allows you to: 

        + Find out how well defended a company is with FactSet’s proprietary Bullet Proof Rating System, which quantifies relative defense protection and allows you to find companies with strong or weak defenses

        + Quickly create and save custom reports by compiling information from a company’s articles of incorporation, bylaws, state takeover laws, and shareholder rights plans, or access SharkRepellent’s expanding library of presentation-ready reports designed to help simplify complex research

        + Receive custom alerts to monitor adoptions and changes to poison pills

        + Automatically generate comprehensive company defense profiles and compare them across a group of selected peers

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