Listing Standards

A Nice, Straightforward Administrative Law Decision: HHS’s Decision to List Styrene as Reasonably Anticipated to Cause Cancer is...

by Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 5/20/2013

Last week, in Styrene Information and Research Center v. Sebelius, Judge Reggie Walton of the District Court for the District of Columbia rejected challenges to the decision by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to list styrene...more

Hong Kong Capital Markets Quarterly News -- April 2013

by Stephen Birkett, Charles Chau, Melody Junhua He-Chen, Jessica Moore, Venantius Tan, Gregory Wang | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/13/2013

In This Issue: Major Publications and Decisions; New Listing Decisions; New Guidance Letters; Enforcement News; and Regulatory Watch. - Excerpt from Major Publications and Decisions: Chain principle offer...more

First Deadline Approaching for NYSE and Nasdaq Listed Companies to Comply with New Compensation Committee Rules

by Paul Bork, Dean Hanley | Foley Hoag LLP on 5/9/2013

As noted in our Securities Alert dated October 9, 2012, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) proposed rule changes to their respective listing standards affecting public company boards of...more

NYSE Proposes to Remove Separate Voting Standard for Listed Companies

by Miriam R. Sowinski | Holland & Knight LLP on 5/2/2013

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) recently filed a proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to delete Rule 312.07 of its listing standards. The historically controversial shareholder voting rule currently...more

Corporate Aspects of the UK Financial Services Act 2012

by Sergey Kvitkin, Iain Wright, William Yonge | Morgan Lewis on 4/12/2013

Long-heralded reform of the UK financial services regulation architecture impacts the listed company regime. On 1 April, a new financial regulation architecture became operative in the UK through the Financial...more

SEC Staff Provides Additional Rule 14a-8(i)(3) Guidance in No-Action Letter Responses

by Miriam R. Sowinski | Holland & Knight LLP on 4/2/2013

The SEC has elaborated on its Rule 14a-8(i)(3) analysis in its recent responses to registrant request for no-action letters. Shareholder proposals often reference definitions found in NYSE and NASDAQ listing standards...more

UK Financial Services Authority Releases Draft Handbooks for New Regulators

by Iain Wright, William Yonge | Morgan Lewis on 3/12/2013

Handbooks for Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority will replace FSA Handbook on 1 April. On 8 March, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) published draft handbooksfor the two new...more

SEC Approves NYSE and NASDAQ Revised Listing Rules Regarding the Independence of Compensation Committees and Their Advisers

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/6/2013

Amendments to the stock exchange listing rules governing compensation committee independence were finalized recently, as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ...more

NYSE and Nasdaq Adopt Listing Standards for Compensation Committees and Compensation Advisers

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/4/2013

Overview - Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to the listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and The Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) to implement Rule 10C-1...more

London Stock Exchange to Introduce New High Growth Segment of the Main Market

by Jonathan Angell, Sean Geraghty, Richard O'Brien | Dechert LLP on 2/28/2013

Background - The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (‘BIS’) announced in September 2012 that it had developed proposals with the London Stock Exchange (the ‘LSE’) to attract high growth companies to list...more

Public Company Adviser - February 2013: New Listing Standards Affect Compensation Committees

by King & Spalding on 2/28/2013

In January 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved new NYSE and Nasdaq listing standards addressing the independence of compensation committees and their advisers. In this edition of the Public Company...more

SEC Approves New Corporate Governance Listing Standards for Compensation Committees and Advisers

by Christina Chan, Ryan York | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/28/2013

On Jan. 11, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) approved amended corporate governance listing standards for the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and the Nasdaq Stock Market (the “Nasdaq”). The amended...more

Small Business Securities Bulletin - SEC Approves Nasdaq Rule Addressing Compensation Committees, Consultants

by Penny Somer Greif | Ober|Kaler on 2/22/2013

A periodic bulletin keeping small businesses informed about current developments in securities law and related matters. Final Nasdaq Rule - In our October 2012 Bulletin, we discussed The NASDAQ Stock Exchange LLC’s...more

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Planning for the 2013 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

by Andrew Brady, Brian V. Breheny, Marc S. Gerber, Richard J. Grossman, Neil M. Leff, Regina Olshan, Michael Rogan, Erica Schohn, Joseph M. Yaffe | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/19/2013

As companies prepare for the 2013 annual meeting and reporting season, we have compiled an overview of the corporate governance and disclosure matters that companies should consider as they draft this season’s disclosure...more

New NYSE Listing Standards Applicable to Compensation Committees and Advisers Now Final

by Todd Pfister, Mark Plichta, Patrick Quick, Aubrey Refuerzo | Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/18/2013

On January 11, 2013, the SEC approved new listing standards regarding independence requirements for compensation committees and compensation advisers of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listed companies. The NYSE initially...more

SEC Approves NYSE and Nasdaq Independence Standards for Compensation Committees and Advisers

by Susan P. Serota, Brian Wong | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/11/2013

New listing standards for publicly traded companies require board compensation committees composed of directors that satisfy new independence standards by the first annual meeting after January 15, 2014, or, if earlier,...more

SEC Approves Final NYSE and NASDAQ Compensation Committee Rules

by Linda Griggs, Albert Lung, David Sirignano | Morgan Lewis on 2/5/2013

Companies are required to comply with certain of the new listing standards relating to compensation adviser independence by July 1, 2013. On January 11, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved...more

SEC Approves NYSE and NASDAQ Rules on Compensation Committees and Advisers

by Rory Donald, Craig D. Miller | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 1/30/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved new listing requirements promulgated by the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Stock Market relating to the composition and oversight provided by compensation...more

Executive Compensation and Corporate and Securities Alert: SEC Adopts NYSE and Nasdaq Rules Relating to Compensation Committees...

by Gerald Audant, Grace Chen, Sofia Chesnokova, Elizabeth Gartland, Shawn Lampron, Blake Martell, Marshall Mort, Adriana Sherwood, Scott P. Spector | Fenwick & West LLP on 1/30/2013

On January 11, 2013 the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") approved the equity listing standards proposed by the NYSE and Nasdaq, as amended1 regarding compensation committee independence criteria and compensation...more

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