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Vinson & Elkins LLP

[Hybrid CLE Event] Every Season is Activist Season: The Big Questions for 2024 - January 31st, New York, NY

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Vinson & Elkins’ Shareholder Activism practice co-heads Lawrence Elbaum and Patrick Gadson will discuss how companies need to prepare against the year round attacks by shareholder activists. In a conversation moderated by...more

White & Case LLP

Ten Key Considerations for the 2023 Annual Reporting and Proxy Season Part I: Form 10-K Considerations

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Part I of our two-part series identifies our Public Company Advisory Group's 10 important considerations when preparing Annual Reports on Form 10-K in 2023, organized in two categories: 1. Six Housekeeping Considerations:...more

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Japan 2022 Proxy Season

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The number of shareholder proposals made by activist shareholders, votes against management proposals and the number of publicly listed companies facing shareholder proposal continues its upward trend....more

BCLP

Delaware Corporate Law Developments: What You Need to Know for 2023

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Delaware corporate law continually evolves, and 2022 was no exception. As the year draws to a close and proxy season approaches, here are highlights of significant changes that may impact 2023 annual meeting plans, among...more

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Corp Fin Issues C&DIs Related to Universal Proxy Rules

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On December 6, 2022, the Division of Corporation Finance ("Corp Fin") of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued three new compliance and disclosure interpretations ("C&DIs") related to new Rule 14a-19, the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Preparing for the 2023 Shareholder Proposal Season

On November 15, 2022, Skadden held a webinar titled “Preparing for the 2023 Shareholder Proposal Season.” The panelists were Gianna McCarthy, Director of Corporate Governance for the New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYS...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

ESG Shareholder Proposals: Practical Guidance from Proxy, Legal, IR and Consulting Perspectives

On January 6, Katten Capital Markets partner Farzad Damania, along with Zally Ahmadi of D.F. King, George Lu of ADEC ESG Solutions and Ari Frankel of Solebury Trout, presented a program sharing their insights into the trends...more

White & Case LLP

Key Considerations for the 2022 Annual Reporting and Proxy Season

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This memorandum outlines key considerations for U.S. public companies in preparation for the 2022 annual reporting and proxy season.   ▪️ Part I of this memo, which was published in January 2022, describes key...more

Alston & Bird

[Event] 2022 Proxy Season Outlook Seminar - November 18th, Atlanta, GA

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Alston & Bird will host this live seminar from our Atlanta office in addition to a live webcast. Learn about key developments and issues facing companies and investors and what you need to do to prepare for the 2022 proxy...more

A&O Shearman

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

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

Perkins Coie

SEC Staff Provides Additional Guidance on Shareholder Proposals

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued several important recent updates regarding shareholder proposals and the related no-action request process for companies to consider ahead of the 2019-2020 proxy...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Boardroom Perspectives: Three Practical Steps to Stay Ahead of Shareholder Activism

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Activist investors continue to shape corporate governance. Last year saw more than 300 activist proxy campaigns, proposals and contests. Activism-focused funds manage over $100 billion in assets. In this climate, no...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Proxy Season Field Guide - Fourth Edition

In This Issue: Executive Summary; Chapter 1 - The Legislative And Regulatory Developments Shaping The Proxy Season; Chapter 2 Say-On-Pay; Chapter 3 Key Disclosure Considerations For Proxy Statements And Annual Reports;...more

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Corporate Communicator - Winter 2014

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2014 ANNUAL MEETING SEASON - Dear clients and friends, We present to you our traditional year-end issue of Snell & Wilmer’s Corporate Communicator to help you prepare for the upcoming annual report and proxy...more

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