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Preparing for the Virtual-Only Annual Meeting: Issues to Consider

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For those planning for a virtual-only annual shareholders meeting, here are a non-exhaustive list of issues to consider (these also apply to hybrid meetings, which also have other issues to ponder given the in-person...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

ISS Indefinitely Halts Consideration of Diversity Factors When Making Proxy Voting Recommendations

On February 11, 2025, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) announced that it is suspending the consideration of diversity factors when making voting recommendations for directors at U.S. public companies. ISS’s press...more

Mayer Brown

Reminder: Atualização das Regras para Assembleias Gerais – Resolução CVM N.º 204

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Em continuidade ao Alerta divulgado em 5 de junho de 2024, lembramos que as novas regras de participação e votação a distância em assembleias de acionistas, introduzidas pela Resolução CVM 204, que altera a Resolução CVM 81,...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Brazil (Updated)

The two most common forms of legal entities incorporated in Brazil are the limited liability company (“Limitada”) and the corporation (“S.A.”). These are considered the most attractive types of companies given that they are...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Argentina (Updated)

Types of business entities - The most common types of legal entities adopted in Argentina are the limited liability company (“Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada” or “SRL”), the corporation (“Sociedad Anónima” or “SA”)...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

CSA Provide Temporary Relief from AGM Delivery Requirements Due to Postal Strike

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On December 4, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published a temporary exemption from the requirements to deliver proxy-related materials for annual shareholder meetings (“AGMs”) as a result of the ongoing...more

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Is Failing To Hold A Formal Board Meeting A Breach of Contract?

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In yesterday's post, I discussed Tuli v. Specialty Surgical Center of Thousand Oaks, LLC, 2024 WL 4499271 (Oct. 16, 2024) and whether alleged personal animosity vitiated application of the business judgment rule to the...more

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How Do You Know Who to Engage With?

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Who makes the voting decision at a particular investor can vary. For the larger investors, they tend to have stewardship teams who vote and handle engagements – and that is straightforward. Sometimes stewardship teams are...more

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Digging Into Corp Fin’s Annual Shareholder Proposal Stakeholder Meeting

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Last week, Cooley’s Reid Hooper attended the annual meeting of shareholder proposal stakeholders that Corp Fin hosts. Here are a few facts to help you glean some information about these meetings from Reid, who has been an...more

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Joint Venture-Streitigkeiten - Fünf Hot Topics

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In diesem Beitrag widmen wir uns fünf zentralen Streitpunkten, die in Joint Ventures immer wieder zu beobachten sind. Dies umfasst die Entfernung eines unliebsamen Partners, die Übernahme der Kontrolle innerhalb des Joint...more

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NYSE Proposes Rule Change to Exempt Registered Closed-End Funds From Requirement to Hold Annual Shareholder Meetings

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Who may be interested: Closed-End Funds; Investment Advisers - Quick Take: The New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE”) filed an application with the SEC proposing amendments to Section 302.00 of its Listed Company Manual...more

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Annual Stockholder Meetings – Some Basics

At a Glance - This guide outlines some of the basics about preparing for and conducting an annual stockholder meeting of a Delaware corporation....more

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NYSE Proposes to Exempt Registered Closed-End Funds from Annual Shareholder Meeting Requirement

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On June 6, 2024, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed an application with the SEC pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 19b-4 thereunder, proposing a rule change that, if approved by...more

Mayer Brown

CVM publica regras que alteram ritos de participação e votação a distância em assembleias gerais de acionistas

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Essa semana (04/06/2024), a Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) divulgou a Resolução CVM nº 204, que promove alterações na Resolução CVM nº 81/22 e traz inovações nas regras de participação e votação a distância em...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

CSA Update Guidance on Virtual Shareholder Meetings

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) provided initial guidance on virtual shareholder meetings in February 2022 to: (i) assist reporting issuers in fulfilling their obligations under securities legislation; and (ii)...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in the Netherlands (Updated)

TYPES OF BUSINESS ENTITIES - In the Netherlands, there is a distinction between entities which qualify as legal entities (‘rechtspersonen’) and partnerships (‘personenvennootschappen’) which do not. Legal entities are...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Spain (Updated)

1. TYPES OF BUSINES ENTITIES - 1.1 Description of the types of entities available in each jurisdiction through which to conduct business - • Limited companies: Corporation and Limited Liability Company - When...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Taiwan (Updated)

Introduction to Taiwan - In less than 50 years starting from 1949, Taiwan went from an agriculture-based economy to being an economic powerhouse and leader in the field of high-tech goods. Its Gross Domestic Product...more

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Proxy Materials and Annual Meetings under Maryland Law - 2024

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As we enter the 2024 proxy season, we are providing our annual memorandum to call your attention to certain matters of Maryland law, some new and some continuing, relating to proxy materials and annual meetings about which we...more

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Establishing a Business Entity in Italy (Updated)

1. Types of Business Entities - Italian law provides multiple forms of organizational structures to do business in Italy. They differ from one another due to the extent of liability undertaken by its members. In...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Brazil (Updated)

The two most common forms of legal entities incorporated in Brazil are the limited liability company (“Limitada”) and the corporation (“S.A.”). These are considered the most attractive types of companies given that they ...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Argentina (Updated)

Types of business entities - The two most common types of legal entities adopted in Argentina are the limited liability company (“Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada” or “SRL”) and the corporation (“Sociedad Anónima” or...more

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Reforma Ley General de Sociedades Mercantiles para celebrar asambleas y juntas de consejo por medios electrónicos

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El 20 de octubre de 2023 se reformó la Ley General de Sociedades Mercantiles a efecto de permitir la celebración de asambleas de socios y/o accionistas y de los órganos de administración de manera remota y a través de medios...more

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General Law of Commercial Companies to hold shareholders and board meetings through electronic means

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On October 20, 2023, the General Law of Commercial Companies was amended to allow that partners and/or shareholders meetings and board meetings be held remotely and through electronic means....more

Allen Matkins

California Amends Corporations Code To Authorize Audio Option For Shareholder/Member Meetings

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Historically, a meeting necessarily meant a physical encounter.  Indeed, the word "meet" can be traced to the Anglo Saxon word metan which means to encounter or meet.  So it was that shareholder meetings involved the presence...more

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