Methods and systems for consolidating, distributing and integrating issuer information for a voting entity

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for consolidating, distributing and integrating issuer information for a voting entity. More particularly, in one embodiment of the present invention a computer implemented voting method is provided, comprising: consolidating vote request information relating to a security owned by a beneficial owner and held by at least two custodians for the beneficial owner; generating at least a first computer file including the consolidated vote request information; electronically transmitting the first computer file to a computer system of a voting entity; integrating the first computer file into a database associated with the computer system of the voting entity; receiving, at the computer system of the voting entity, at least one beneficial owner vote instruction sent from the beneficial owner; and generating at least one voting entity vote instruction responsive to the consolidated vote request information, wherein the voting entity vote instruction is generated by the computer system of the voting entity based at least in part upon the integrated first computer file and the beneficial owner vote instruction from the beneficial owner.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer implemented voting method, comprising:
 generating request information relating to a security owned by a beneficial owner and held by at least one custodian for the beneficial owner;   generating at least a first computer file including the request information; and   receiving, at the computer system of a voting entity, at least one beneficial owner vote instruction sent from the beneficial owner.