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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Shareholder Proposal No-Action Requests in the 2024 Proxy Season: A Surge in Requests and Better Results for Companies

Shareholder proposals submitted for 2024 annual meetings continued to cover a wide range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics. And companies seeking to exclude shareholder proposals they deemed inappropriate...more

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SEC proposes to amend key elements of certain Rule 14a-8 bases for exclusion of shareholder proposals

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On July 13, 2022, by a 3-2 party-line vote, the SEC proposed amendments to Rule 14a-8 to modify three of the existing bases for the exclusion of shareholder proposals from a company’s proxy statement, namely: ,,The...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...

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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

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SEC Provides Guidance on Exclusion of Shareholder Proposals

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On October 22, 2015, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released the highly anticipated Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14H (SLB 14H) concerning...more

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