The 2013 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law
What You Need To Know: •New Jersey corporations may now hold fully remote shareholder meetings even absent a state of emergency. •Boards of directors must still adopt guidelines and procedures governing remote...more
As companies look to plan their FY 2020 annual report and prepare for the 2021 AGM season, we have reflected on our experience in 2020. We summarise below key learnings and what we think will undoubtedly be on the agenda and...more
While balance sheet proposals saw a slight downturn, COVID-19 and FEFTA appear not to have dampened shareholders' desire to effect change via AGM proposals....more
On May 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchangen Commission approved a rule filing from Nasdaq granting temporary relief from the shareholder approval requirements in respect of certain transactions (the “rule filing”). Nasdaq...more
The Russian parliament urgently passed a new law on 14 March that amends the Federal Law on Joint Stock Companies (the JSC Law) to allow shareholder meetings in 2020 to be conducted by absentee voting if the agenda includes...more