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KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

[Webinar] Lessons from the 2024 Proxy Season - June 27th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

Join us for the next KPMG Board Leadership Center quarterly webcast as we discuss trends from the proxy season. Topics - A look at proxy voting trends and outcomes - The board’s story and corporate disclosure -...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Proxy Voting Advisory Firms Address Severance Payments, Cybersecurity Risk Ownership and Share Ownership Guidelines in Updates to...

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Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the leading proxy voting advisory firms in the United States, have announced updates and clarifications for their voting guidelines for the U.S. market for the 2024...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - February 2023

In this issue, we cover regulatory developments impacting the investment management sector, including updates on closed-end fund activism and various new and revised SEC rules....more

Hogan Lovells

ESG Market Alert – January 2023

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In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: On 13 December 2022, EU member states reached a deal on the world’s first major carbon...more

A&O Shearman

2023 Proxy Season Quick Reference Guide

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The 2023 proxy season is just around the corner. This quick reference guide, which is intended to supplement Shearman & Sterling’s 20th Annual Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey, summarizes themes from the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Preparing for the 2023 Shareholder Proposal Season

On November 15, 2022, Skadden held a webinar titled “Preparing for the 2023 Shareholder Proposal Season.” The panelists were Gianna McCarthy, Director of Corporate Governance for the New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYS...more

BCLP

Universal proxies are here - are you ready?

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As discussed in our November 17, 2021 post, management of public companies are required to use universal proxy cards for shareholder meetings involving most election contests held after August 31, 2022. This means that both...more

A&O Shearman

2022 Proxy Season Quick Reference Guide

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The 2022 proxy season is just around the corner. This quick reference guide, which is intended to supplement Shearman & Sterling’s 19th Annual Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey, summarizes themes from the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Securities and Exchange Commission Issues New Universal Proxy Rules

Recent changes in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proxy rules will give shareholders the ability to vote for directors like never before. The new rules will require companies to provide universal proxy cards to...more

Akerman LLP

SEC Intensifies Focus on ESG Disclosures and Policies, Practices, and Procedures

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On March 3, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the SEC) Division of Examinations (the Division) announced its Examination Priorities for 2021, which included an enhanced focus on climate-related risks. ...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

SEC Rules Establish New Requirements For Director Elections, Universal Proxy Cards And Enhanced Proxy Disclosures; Additional...

In a move we expect will pave the road for an increase in proxy contests, on November 17, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new Rule 14a-19 and amendments to existing rules under the Securities Exchange Act...more

Troutman Pepper

A Path to ESG Disclosure

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Regardless of your view of the efficacy of ESG disclosure for publicly-traded companies, investors increasingly are insisting on it, and the advisors that can profit from it the most – proxy advisory firms, large accounting...more

Alston & Bird

SEC Approves Proxy Voting Advice Amendments & Investment Adviser Guidance

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Our Securities Group analyzes two sets of final rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission that increase the accuracy and transparency of information investors receive from proxy advisory firms and clarify how an...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Legal Update: 10 Tips for 10-Ks and Proxy Statements (UPDATED)

With the 2020 proxy and annual reporting season upon us, this Legal Update provides 10 tips for companies to consider when drafting annual reports on Form 10-K and proxy statements for filing with the US Securities and...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Adopts Guidance Impacting Voting Recommendations from Proxy Advisory Firms

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In two related releases issued on August 21, the SEC updated its guidance and interpretations to heighten the scrutiny given to the voting recommendations made by proxy advisory firms such as Institutional Shareholder...more

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