The Board of Directors at Lumber Liquidators (LL) has recently hired a proxy advisory firm in an effort to contact and influence shareholders to approve proposals which will increase executive pay and dilute shareholder holdings. The Board is effectively using company money to help pass proposals which harm shareholders. From my perspective, it appears management and the board of directors may be more focused on self-enrichment and collecting stock options and equity incentive rewards than actually turning around the company to benefit all shareholders.
The Proxy Proposals
There are several normal proxy proposals