Public companies find themselves rethinking disclosures relating to the diversity of their board and their director recruitment practices as they head into proxy season, given recent developments – including the US Court of...more
On January 31, 2025, Vanguard issued its proxy voting policy for US portfolio companies, following the publication of BlackRock’s proxy voting guidelines for benchmark policies – US securities in December 2024. The updates...more
On December 17, 2024, one of the two most influential proxy advisory firms, ISS, released its Proxy Voting Guidelines Benchmark Policy Changes for 2025: US, Canada, and Americas Regional, which provides updates to its voting...more
Increasingly, many small-cap and microcap public companies are failing to secure stockholder approval of critical proposals, particularly for reverse stock splits and authorized share increases. With heavy concentration of...more
Does Board Diversity Mean the Same Thing Worldwide?
Now that Nasdaq’s board diversity matrix disclosure deadline has arrived, foreign private issuers (FPIs) and companies considering US initial public offerings are...more