Usually, he notes, shareholder suits are settled out of court.
RIFC noted "shareholder concern" about the future of Ibrox but stresses that the club needs "urgent short-term financing" and that a new share issue was not possible in the timeframe required, leading to the talks over possible loans.
They said the culture of high rewards persisted in banking even after the near collapse of the financial system in 2008 and while boards of other companies had been forced to take note of shareholder anger expressed in a wave of protest votes.
The Dutch government maintains that its move was legal and irrevocable, while Fortis Bank issued a statement noting the shareholder vote but deferring comment, Reuters reported.
"Not reporting on these financial risks in our view is a material omission from the annual report," it said in a note to shareholders.
"Truth be told," Conseco said in a note to shareholders, "we just didn't think it was money well spent to ramble on and on about the past".
But it said it was "supportive of management's strategy" and was "sure the company will take note of shareholders feedback".
"Throughout 2011, our firm's performance was challenged by instability in the Eurozone, depressed client activity and regulatory uncertainty," Mr. Blankfein said in a note to shareholders included in the regulatory filing.
Not according to Justice Anthony Kennedy in Citizens United, who noted that "shareholder objections raised through the procedures of corporate democracy" would provide accountability by companies now free to hide donations through trade associations.
"Morgan Stanley anticipated many of the changes affecting financial services firms, seizing the strategic imperative to fundamentally change our business model," Mr. Gorman wrote in a note to shareholders, also released on Thursday.
