"Today they risk being criticized if they DO own it." Why?- Quote from previous post by mrmoribund, refering to why insitutions do not own much QTRH.
An admission that there is a problem(s).
What is the problem(s)? One identified is results. The LT chart is a reflection of results. Who is responsible? Management? Who hires and oversees management and strategy? Answer:The Board of Directors.
Who is on the board and for how long ? - Should not assign blame to new BoD members for the LT chart.
Besides the financials, Institutions also read Information Circulars., and will look for who is on the BoD, and will note, from their other investments or even other institutions experiences, how effective the board members have been.
Institutions will also take note of, what are effectively, warnings in Circulars regarding past, lets call them, "failures". OSC rules require this disclosure.
The 2019 Circular, page 14, contained required disclosure re 3 "failures". Emphasis has been added:
"Except as set forth below, none of the foregoing proposed directors is or was, in the 10 years preceding the date of this Circular, a director or executive officer of any company that was, while that person was acting in that capacity, (a) the subject of a cease trade or similar order or an order that denied any such company access to any exemption under securities legislation for a period of more than 30 consecutive days, (b) subject to an event that resulted, after such person ceased to be a director or executive officer, in such company being the subject of any such order or (c) within a year of such person ceasing to act in that capacity, became bankrupt, made a proposal under any bankruptcy or insolvency related legislation or was subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets.
Mr. John Gillberry was a member of the board of directors of MedcomSoft Inc. from January 2, 2008 to November 1, 2008. MedcomSoft filed a Notice of Intention to make a proposal to creditors under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) on November 2, 2008.
Mr. Gillberry also was a director of GuestLogix Inc. from March 2015 to September 2016 and was its interim chief executive officer from September 2015 to September 2016. We understand that: (1) the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted an initial order under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) on February 9, 2016 staying all claims and actions against GuestLogix and its assets and allowing it to prepare a plan of compromise or arrangement for its creditors; (2) GuestLogix’s securities were suspended from trading on the TSX on February 9, 2016 while it conducted a review of whether it met the TSX’s listing requirements; and (3) on February 18, 2016, the TSX notified GuestLogix that its securities would be delisted from the TSX effective March 18, 2016 for failure to meet the applicable listing conditions.
Further, Mr. Gillberry was a director of DataWind Inc. from July 2014 to October 2016. We understand that DataWind was subject to a cease trade order from September 7, 2016 to November 25, 2016 and a management cease trade order effective July 6, 2016 by the Ontario Securities Commission for failure to file its audited financial statements and related materials for its financial year ended March 31, 2016 and its interim unaudited financial statements and related materials for the 3-month period ended June 30, 2016, which cease trade orders were revoked on November 25, 2016."