News & Analysis as of

Proof of Ownership Shareholder Proposals

Goodwin

ESG Shareholder Proposals Will be More Difficult to Exclude After SEC Staff Interpretive Reversal

Goodwin on

On November 3, 2021, the staff (“staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance (“Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L which reverses a series of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Staff Issues New Shareholder Proposal Guidance, Rescinding 2017-2019 Guidance

On November 3, 2021, the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L (SLB 14L), which explicitly rescinds Staff Legal Bulletin Nos. 14I,...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

SEC staff updates guidance on shareholder proposals

The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance recently provided helpful clarity regarding the exclusion of certain shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8.  The guidance, Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14K, relates to the “ordinary...more

Hogan Lovells

SEC staff issues important guidance on shareholder proposals for the 2020 proxy season

Hogan Lovells on

On October 16 the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14K (CF) (SLB 14K) to provide updated guidance on the application of the "ordinary business" exception to a company's obligation under...more

White & Case LLP

New Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14K – More Clarity From Corp Fin Staff on Core Rule 14a-8 Bases for Exclusion of Shareholder...

White & Case LLP on

On October 16, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Corporation Finance (“Corp Fin”) issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14K (“SLB 14K”) addressing shareholder proposals.  This guidance follows Corp...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Staff Issues Additional Shareholder Proposal Guidance

On October 16, 2019, the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14K (SLB 14K), providing updated guidance concerning shareholder...more

6 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide