An update report from the Parker Review on Ethnic Diversity highlights that 96% of FTSE 100 companies have met the target of at least one minority ethnic director on their boards. FTSE 250 companies are making progress...more
ClientEarth has launched a judicial review against the FCA for approving a prospectus which ClientEarth claims contained inadequate climate-related disclosures. This is part of an increased use by environmental pressure...more
2022 saw the return of physical meetings for a significant majority of AGMs, with companies viewing hybrid meetings as more complex and costly. Institutional investors continue to support well organised hybrid meetings, but...more
The FCA has published Primary Market Bulletin No.42 which, amongst other things: (i) discusses themes from the FCA’s enquiries into unlawful disclosure of inside information (ii) highlights the relationship between the...more
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The Pre-emption Group has published a revised Statement of Principles permitting companies to disapply the statutory pre-emption rights for up to 20% (on a 10% + 10% basis) of their issued share capital in any one year. This...more