In this issue:

- SEC Developments

- Noteworthy US Securities Law Litigation

- Recent SEC/DOJ Enforcement Matters

- Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Developments

- Adoption of Action Plan on Company Law and Corporate Governance

- European Commission Green Paper: Building a Capital Markets Union

- European Commission Publishes Consultation Paper on Prospectus Directive

- Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015

- Register of Persons having Significant Control (the “PSC Register”)

- Shadow Directors

- Corporate Directors

- Company Filing Requirements

- Further Provisions

- Large Companies Required to Reveal Payment Practices

- Pre-Emption Group Publishes Revised Statement of Principles

- Regulations Prohibiting Cancellation Schemes of Arrangement Now in Force

- Financial Promotions: Exemption for Strategic Report Now in Force

- FCA Policy Statement on the Implementation of the Transparency Directive Requirements for Reports on Payments to Governments

- FRC Report on Implementation of the UK Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes 2014

- Share Buybacks: Draft Regulations Amending Companies Act 2006

- Listing Rules Updates

- Excerpt from SEC Developments:

NYSE Amends Late Filer Rule -

Effective 2 March 2015, the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) amended its rules applicable to NYSE listed companies that do not timely file their periodic reports with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).