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Fenwick & West LLP

SEC and Delaware Provide Clarity on Proxies and Related Notice Issues for Stockholder Meetings

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission previously provided guidance on updating the time, date or location of a stockholder meeting and eliminated the federal securities law...more

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COVID-19: Delaware and the SEC Facilitate Virtual Stockholder Meetings as the COVID-19 Outbreak Spreads

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As concern over COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, increases and restrictions are being imposed on public gatherings, U.S. public companies have been weighing risks associated with holding in-person annual stockholder meetings....more

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Delaware Relaxes Notice Requirements for Stockholder Meeting Location Changes or Adjournments due to Covid-19

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On April 6, Delaware Gov. John Carney issued the Tenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat (Emergency Order), arising from the COVID-19 epidemic. ...more

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Virtual Stockholder Meetings in Light of Coronavirus

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Introduction - As the global pandemic of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreads across the United States, many public companies are beginning to reevaluate the format of their April, May or June annual stockholder...more

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Shareholder Lawsuit About Compensation Plan Derails Annual Meeting

Plaintiffs claim the company, a Delaware corporation, did not count abstentions as “no” votes when the most recent increase in the share reserve was put to the shareholders at a special meeting in February 2013, which as an...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Appoints Receiver to Ensure Stockholders’ Meeting

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently determined that the appropriate remedy for a corporation’s failure to comply with court orders to hold a long overdue stockholders’ meeting was to appoint a receiver with authority to...more

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