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Stikeman Elliott LLP

TSX Formalizes Policy on Voting Agreements

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The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) provides guidance on “Voting Agreements” between a listed issuer and one or more of its security holders. “Positive” Voting Agreements entered into in the context of a transaction requiring...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Update Capital Market Law: Amendment Of The Voting Rights Notification Ordinance Effective July 1, 2020 - Electronic Voting Rights...

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has recently confirmed the date for the change to the Voting Rights Notification Ordinance (StimmRMV) to come into force. Voting rights notifications can only be sent to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

More Cos. Authorizing No-Vote Shares Despite Resistance

More companies are establishing the right to issue nonvoting shares at their initial public offering through a triple-class stock structure, venturing beyond dual-class setups that already contain unequal voting rights...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Tenure Voting and the U.S. Public Company

In today’s capital markets, the principle of “one share, one vote” is increasingly under scrutiny. The rise of high-vote and no-vote stock has created a popular alternative for companies at the initial public offering...more

K&L Gates LLP

Germany Tightens Voting Rights Disclosure - New rules increase complexity of voting right disclosures and impose

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On October 1, 2015, the German Parliament adopted the national “Act Implementing the EU Transparency Directive Amending Directive (2013/50/EU)” (the “Act”). The aim of the directive is to harmonize the regime for notification...more

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