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UK Corporate Briefing - March 2025

BCLP on 3/4/2025

Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss: FTSE Women Leaders Review – February 2025 The latest report from...more

FTSE indicates how it expects to update rules following FCA’s listing reforms

White & Case LLP on 3/21/2024

FTSE Russell has published an overview of the provisional changes it expects to make to its FTSE UK Index Series rules following reforms to the UK listing regime by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") later this year. ...more

FTSE 350 AGMs: Snapshot of how companies are responding to the new Pre-Emption Group guidelines

White & Case LLP on 5/22/2023

The Pre-Emption Group issued new guidelines in November 2022. The guidelines have increased the threshold for which companies may disapply pre-emption rights to 20% and have added a new flexibility whereby companies may...more

FCA proposes significant reforms to UK listing regime

White & Case LLP on 5/4/2023

The FCA has published a consultation paper (CP23/10) containing its updated blueprint for a significantly reformed UK listing regime for share issuers. The transformational proposals are designed to make the UK listing...more

Factors for London-Listed Companies To Consider Before Dual Listing or Relisting in the US

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/4/2023

There has been increased focus recently among London-listed companies in exploring US listings, whether as a further listing or migrating from London altogether. This is primarily being driven by companies seeking to close...more

Recent Developments for UK PLCs - April Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/3/2023

This edition covers upcoming reforms to the UK listing regime, the FCA’s Primary Market Bulletin 44, the launch of a review into the UK investment research landscape, the PLSA’s 2023 Stewardship and Voting Guidelines, and...more

FTSE 350: July 2022 Snapshot of Arrangements for AGMs

White & Case LLP on 7/27/2022

Key trends - We are now over half way through the year and moving towards the end of the AGM season. The trends which we identified at the start of the year have generally continued. Most companies have chosen to hold a...more

FTSE 350: Snapshot of Arrangements for AGMs

White & Case LLP on 6/24/2022

Refinitiv, Q1 2022 Adviser Rankings, US law firms, September 2021 We continue to track the approach FTSE 350 companies are taking to the holding of their AGMs. We have set out in our snapshot the approach companies have taken...more

FCA discussion paper on further UK listing regime reforms

White & Case LLP on 5/27/2022

FCA publishes discussion paper on replacing current premium and standard listing segments with new single listing segment and sponsor regime reforms- On 26 May 2022, the FCA published a discussion paper (DP22/2) seeking...more

FTSE 350: Snapshot of arrangements for AGMs held after 30 March 2021

White & Case LLP on 11/19/2021

Key Trends: ◾ Since August 2021, AGMs where shareholders were actively encouraged not to attend have become less common. Most companies are instead holding their meetings with physical attendance neither actively...more

Private equity firms hunt for value in public markets

White & Case LLP on 9/13/2021

Take private activity reached a decade high in the first half of 2021, fueled by large sums of dry powder and heated competition for assets - The takeover of supermarket chain Morrison's, the fourth-largest in the UK, has...more

AGMs: A snapshot of the FTSE 350's reaction to COVID-19 restrictions and new legislation published on general meetings

White & Case LLP on 5/29/2020

On 20 March 2020, the UK Government published its Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the "Bill") which amends certain aspects of current insolvency and governance legislation to provide businesses with the flexibility...more

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