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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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SEC Clarifies Proxy Rules of the Road

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On November 17, 2023, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued new and revised proxy-related compliance and disclosure interpretations ("CDIs") that provide guidance on the...more

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Additional SEC Guidance on Pay versus Performance Disclosure for 2023 Proxy Season

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Most reporting companies are required to provide pay versus performance disclosure in their 2023 proxy statements as a result of rules finalized by the Securities and Exchange Commission in September 2022....more

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SEC Issues New “Pay Versus Performance” Guidance

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The SEC provides much-needed guidance on the new pay versus performance disclosure requirements that will be applicable to the current proxy season. On February 10, 2023, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Proposes Amendments to the Shareholder Proposal Rules

On July 13, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), by a 3-2 vote, proposed amendments to the proxy rules that would narrow certain grounds under which companies may exclude shareholder proposals from their...more

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SEC staff issues new guidance on shareholder proposals involving social policy issues - SEC Update

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On November 3 the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin 14L (SLB 14L) to provide new guidance on the application of the “ordinary business” and “economic relevance” exceptions to a public company’s...more

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Excluding a Shareholder Proposal? Not So Fast…

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The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance recently published Legal Bulletin 14L (CF) (the “Bulletin”) providing updated guidance on excluding shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.  Specifically, the...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Reverses Course on Shareholder Proposals

The SEC Division of Corporation Finance announced it has rescinded Staff Legal Bulletin (“SLBs”) Nos. 14I, 14J and 14K after a review of staff experience applying the guidance in them.  Public companies relied on the guidance...more

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SEC Adopts Guidance Likely to Lead to More Policy-Related Shareholder Proposals

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On November 3, 2021, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L (the New SLB), which will make it more difficult for companies to exclude social...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Staff Issues Guidance Relating to Shareholder Proposals

On November 3, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Staff Legal Bulletin (SLB 14L) limiting the ability of public companies to exclude from proxy statements shareholder proposals that relate to...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Back to the Future: The SEC Radically Alters Rule 14a-8 Interpretive Guidance

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Things are getting interesting, and the shareholder proposal and annual meeting season has only barely kicked off. On Wednesday, November 3, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the Securities and Exchange...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Staff Issues Legal Bulletin Announcing Shift in Shareholder Proposal Review Process Ahead of 2022 Proxy Season

On November 3, 2021, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L (SLB 14L), providing information regarding the...more

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ESG Shareholder Proposals Will be More Difficult to Exclude After SEC Staff Interpretive Reversal

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On November 3, 2021, the staff (“staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance (“Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L which reverses a series of...more

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SEC Releases Shareholder Proposal Staff Legal Bulletin Regarding Rule 14a-8 Under the Exchange Act

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On November 3, 2021, the Division of Corporation Finance (“Corp Fin”) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released Shareholder Proposals: Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L(CF) (the “SLB”) to provide information for...more

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Public Company Guide – Planning for Shareholder Engagement

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Today, shareholders are increasingly demanding corporate accountability on a variety of issues, ranging from compensation and human capital management to governance and board diversity, among others. As a result, most...more

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How Companies Can Prepare for SEC Proxy Advisor Reform

The SEC’s long-awaited final rules governing voting advice provided by proxy advisory firms such as Institutional Shareholders Service (ISS) and Glass Lewis (the “final rules”) became effective on November 2, 2020. The final...more

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SEC tightens procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals

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The SEC recently adopted amendments to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to tighten the requirements that govern the initial submission and resubmission of shareholder proposals for inclusion in a company’s...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Shareholder Proposal Rule

On September 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the “shareholder proposal rule” set forth in Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which governs the process for a shareholder to have...more

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Shareholder Proposal Rule 14a-8

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On September 23, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to modernize certain requirements for the submission of shareholder proposals under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8. The amendments most...more

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Shareholder Proposal Rules

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On September 23, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to modernize Rule 14a-8, which governs the process for shareholder proposals to be included in a company’s proxy statement. ...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Amends Shareholder Proposal Rule

On September 23, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Rule 14a-8). The SEC initially proposed amendments to Rule 14a-8...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Modifies Shareholder Proposals Framework

On September 23rd, the Commission adopted rules altering the shareholder proposals submission (and re-submission) framework under Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act for the first time in over twenty years....more

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Glass Lewis and ISS Provide Guidance Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic

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As we move into the heart of proxy season, Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) have issued and updated guidance as to how they will adjust their voting policies to account for actions taken by public...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Precautionary and Prudency Measures for Boards Addressing COVID-19 Business Uncertainties

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented economic disruptions worldwide. Businesses that were previously flourishing are now seeing rapid declines in demand and revenue, disruptions in their supply chains, and other...more

Jones Day

Court Ruling May Shift the Contours of Shareholder Proposal Litigation Under Rule 14a-8

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The Situation: Late last year, a shareholder sued NorthWestern Corporation ("NWE") to compel the company to include a climate-change related proposal in its 2020 proxy materials after NWE had notified the staff of the...more

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