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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

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Adopts News Rules for Proxy Voting in Contested Elections

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On November 17, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules requiring the use of universal proxy cards in contested director elections as discussed in Release No. 34-93596 (the Adopting Release). Universal...more

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SEC Approves Universal Proxy Card Rules; Proposes to Rescind Portions of July 2020 Amendments to Proxy Advisor Rules

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Yesterday the SEC approved new proxy rules requiring the use of universal proxy cards by management and shareholders soliciting proxy votes for their candidates in non-exempt director election contests, as well as mandating...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Requires Universal Proxy Cards for Contested Director Elections, Amends Other Proxy Disclosure Requirements for All Director...

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As expected, the SEC has adopted final rules requiring the use of universal proxy cards in shareholder meetings involving non-exempt contested director elections held after August 31, 2022. In addition, certain amendments...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Statutory – not Shareholder – Activism: Governor Newsom Signs California’s Diversity Mandate into Law

California has enacted the nation’s first diversity mandate for public company boards. As we previously reported, the new law (AB 979) builds upon California’s first- in-the nation statutory gender mandate for public company...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Supreme Court Reverses the Court of Chancery and Upholds the Enforceability of Clear and Unambiguous Advance Notice Bylaw...

On January 13, 2020, the Delaware Supreme Court issued an opinion addressing deadlines and supplemental information requirements under advance notice bylaws. In the opinion, BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust v. Saba...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

New ISS voting guidelines ramp up expectations for public companies

Last week Institutional Shareholder Services updated its proxy voting guidelines for annual shareholder meetings to be held on or after February 1, 2020. The updates take a major step forward to advocate greater gender...more

White & Case LLP

ISS Issues Proxy Voting Guidelines for the 2020 Proxy Season

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On November 11, 2019, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (“ISS”) published its proxy voting guidelines updates (the “2020 Updates”) for the 2020 proxy season, effective for meetings on or after February 1, 2020. The...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Recent Schedule 14N Filings

GAMCO Asset Management Inc. made the news when it became the first to submit a Schedule 14N announcing a nominee for National Fuel Gas’ board of directors using a proxy access by-law. The nomination was rejected by National...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

First Proxy Access Nominee Rejected

GAMCO Asset Management Inc. made the news when it became the first to submit a nominee for National Fuel Gas’ board of directors using a proxy access by-law. National Fuel Gas has now rejected the nominee because the...more

Sullivan & Worcester

SEC Proposes "Universal" Proxy Card for Contested Elections

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The SEC today proposed amendments to the proxy rules to require parties in a contested election to use universal proxy cards that would include the names of all director nominees. The proposal gives shareholders the ability...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

U.S. Senate and House Members Urge SEC to Require Further Board Nominee Diversity Disclosures

On March 2, 2016, a number of U.S. Senate and House members sent a letter to SEC Chair Mary Jo White urging the Commission to speed-up its review of a rulemaking petition that would require increased disclosures regarding...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Activists in Your Boardroom - Planning for and Managing the New Dynamic

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As shareholder activists continue to gain access to the boardroom with unprecedented frequency, it is more important than ever for executives and directors to be prepared for the possibility and have strategies in place to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

An Apple, an Orange and Maybe a Kiwi a Day Keeps the Activist Away (and Makes for a Stronger Board)

With proxy season just around the corner, I would be remiss if I did not (once again) remind Nominating and Governance Committees that it is time, and it is not too late, for you mix it up a little . . . or a lot. Think fruit...more

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