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Securities Law Update - August 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains news on...more

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Public Companies Update: Reminders for the 2024 Form 10-K and Proxy Statement Filing Season

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In this Client Alert, we highlight key considerations public companies should keep in mind when preparing their upcoming annual reports on Form 10-K and proxy statements, including rule changes, recent guidance and reporting...more

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Diversifying the Boardroom: What Silicon Valley-Based and Other Large Public Companies Disclosed in 2022

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The intense focus on board diversity from a variety of stakeholders over the last several years has spurred many companies to examine the composition of their boards and to take action to diversify their boardrooms. While the...more

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Repricing Underwater Options

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In this time of market volatility, White & Case LLP partners Colin Diamond (Chair of US Public Company Advisory) and Henrik Patel (Global Head of Employment, Compensation and Benefits) address the securities law, tax and...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Staff Comments on Director Serving as Corporate Secretary

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The rules of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) require that a majority of a listed company’s board of directors (board) must be comprised of “independent directors” and that vital board...more

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Blog: What role should the exchanges play in encouraging board diversity?

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Board diversity and how (and whether) to try to achieve it is a topic that has certainly appeared on a lot of corporate governance agendas in the last few years. Institutional investors have applied pressure on corporations,...more

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Nasdaq Moves to Boost Listed Companies’ Board Diversity

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Our Securities Group provides an overview of Nasdaq’s proposed rules (subject to approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission) to require companies to increase the diversity of their boards....more

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Is it Time to Appoint a New Director? Five Corporate Governance Considerations for Board Members

Regardless of size or industry, thoughtful director appointment is critical to the success of any public company. Yet following the departure of a director, many boards are left scrambling to locate and onboard a suitable...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Poison Pill Deep Dive Series: Qualifying Offer

The sixth of a six-part series examining six specific and evolving rights plan provisions. As discussed in greater detail in some of our prior articles, a shareholder rights plan is a protective measure used by a public...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Open up the PIPEs: Current Market Considerations

Private investments in public equity are likely to become more popular as investors and public companies utilize PIPEs to navigate market turbulence. In the face of tremendous market uncertainty, PIPE transactions offer...more

White & Case LLP

Reminders for Foreign Private Issuers for the 2019 Annual Reporting Season

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This memorandum outlines considerations for foreign private issuers ("FPIs") in preparation for the 2019 annual reporting season. Part I (pg. 2) provides a summary of certain key trends and insights from the 2018 US proxy...more

Snell & Wilmer

Corporate Communicator - Winter 2016: 2016 Annual Meeting Season

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Dear clients and friends, We present our traditional year-end issue of Snell & Wilmer’s Corporate Communicator to help you prepare for the upcoming annual report and proxy season. This issue highlights SEC reporting and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Summary of SEC's Proposed Rule on Executive Compensation Clawbacks

The Dodd-Frank Act required the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to adopt rules that direct national securities exchanges (such as the NYSE and NASDAQ) to require listed companies to implement and disclose their...more

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SEC Proposes New Clawback Rules

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Last Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new Rule 10D-1 to require public companies to adopt and enforce clawback policies to recoup incentive-based compensation paid to current and former...more

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NASDAQ Amends Listing Standards to Remove Prohibition on Receipt of Compensatory Fees by Compensation Committee Members

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On November 26, 2013, the NASDAQ Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) filed an amendment to its listing standards that eliminates the prohibition on the receipt of compensatory fees by compensation committee members. Nasdaq listing...more

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

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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

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Corporate Communicator - Winter 2013

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In This Issue: - 2013 Annual Meeting Season - Dealing with ISS and Other Proxy Advisory Firms this Proxy Season - SEC Update - Other NYSE/NASDAQ Developments - Delaware Law Update — Delaware Court Applies...more

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