Join us next Tuesday, June 24th (1:00 – 2:00 pm eastern) for the webcast – “Proxy Season Recap: 10 Hot Topics” – as Cooley’s Ali Murata, Reid Hooper, Michael Mencher and Broc Romanek – along with Steve Pantina, CEO of Proxy Analytics – discuss how this wild proxy season went down, including up-to-date practical guidance to get ready for next year – such as rapidly …
The SEC Withdraws Its Shareholder Proposal Rule Proposal That Would Have Modified Three Bases for Exclusion
Last week, the SEC issued a notice of formal withdrawal for 14 proposed rulemakings that were issued a few years ago – these rules were never adopted. The only Corp Fin rulemaking in this group was this proposal from 2022 that sought to amend Rule 14a-8 by modifying the substantial implementation, duplication, and resubmission bases for exclusion of shareholder proposals. Speaking of Rule 14a-8, as …
The SEC’s Executive Pay Disclosure Roundtable: Agenda Announced
As I blogged last month, the SEC is holding a half-day roundtable on Thursday, June 26th to consider whether the SEC’s executive pay disclosure requirements need updating. At the time, the public was invited to submit comments on 9 lengthy questions posed in this statement from SEC Chair Paul Atkins. Only a dozen comment letters have been submitted so far. Now the SEC has posted …
Upcoming Webcast: “Proxy Season Recap – 10 Hot Topics”
Join us on Tuesday, June 24th (1:00 – 2:00 pm eastern) for the webcast – “Proxy Season Recap: 10 Hot Topics” – as Cooley’s Ali Murata, Reid Hooper, Michael Mencher and Broc Romanek – along with Steve Pantina, CEO of Proxy Analytics – discuss how this wild proxy season went down, including up-to-date practical guidance to get ready for next year – such as rapidly …
Webcast: “Proxy Season Recap – 10 Hot Topics”
Join us on Tuesday, June 24th (1:00 – 2:00 pm eastern) for the webcast – “Proxy Season Recap: 10 Hot Topics” – as Cooley’s Ali Murata, Reid Hooper, Michael Mencher and Broc Romanek – along with Steve Pantina, CEO of Proxy Analytics – discuss how this wild proxy season went down, including up-to-date practical guidance to get ready for next year – such as rapidly …
New Rules of Engagement: Five Pointers on Boards, Activists & Off-Season Tactics
I was talking to Cooley’s Beth Sasfai about this webcast for which she’s a speaker this Thursday – “New Rules of Engagement: Boards, Activists & Off-Season Tactics” – and she told me these are the type of pointers she will be digging into during the program: 1. Audit Vulnerabilities Before They Do – Conduct a periodic “activist defense audit” to assess underperformance triggers, structural weaknesses …
Antitrust Scrutiny of the ‘Big Three’ Asset Managers’ ESG Policies Heats Up
As noted in this WSJ article, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recently raised concerns in a “joint statement of interest” that large asset managers – including the “Big Three” of BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street – may have violated antitrust laws by using their influence to promote ESG policies that reduce coal production, potentially harming competition and consumers. In the joint statement …
Webcast: “Proxy Season Recap – 10 Hot Topics”
Join us on Tuesday, June 24th (1:00 – 2:00 pm eastern) for the webcast – “Proxy Season Recap: 10 Hot Topics” – as Cooley’s Ali Murata, Reid Hooper, Michael Mencher and Broc Romanek – along with Steve Pantina, CEO of Proxy Analytics – discuss how this wild proxy season went down, including up-to-date practical guidance to get ready for next year – such as rapidly …
Webcast: “Proxy Season Recap – 10 Hot Topics”
Join us on Tuesday, June 24th (1:00 – 2:00 pm eastern) for the webcast – “Proxy Season Recap: 10 Hot Topics” – as Cooley’s Ali Murata, Reid Hooper, Michael Mencher and Broc Romanek – along with Steve Pantina, CEO of Proxy Analytics – discuss how this wild proxy season went down, including up-to-date practical guidance to get ready for next year – such as rapidly …
Five Wild Things About the New Texas Shareholder Proposal Law
As we’ve blogged about recently, Texas has taken a number of steps to bolster its reputation as a business-friendly state. The latest is a new law aimed at making it harder for shareholder proponents to get a proposal (other than a director nomination) on the ballot at a meeting of shareholders. This bill, which is fairly bare bones, has been approved by the Texas Legislature …