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Last week, the SEC announced that it had adopted the inflation adjustments for some of its JOBS Act rules as mandated by that Act. The JOBS Act requires the SEC…
Continue Reading SEC Adopts JOBS Act Inflation AdjustmentsSubsidiary Management: Maintain Only One Policy for Expense Advancement & Indemnification
Following up on my series of blogs about subsidiaries, here’s something that can be a real sticking point for a subsidiary’s officers and directors – but if you don’t…
Continue Reading Subsidiary Management: Maintain Only One Policy for Expense Advancement & IndemnificationDuring our recent webcast – “Proxy Season Post-Mortem – 20 Things” – at the 13:30 mark, Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina notes these developments during his discussion about negotiating…
Continue Reading “Negotiating Out” Shareholder Proposals: 2 ThingsJoin Allison Handy and Broc Romanek, among others, for a complimentary webcast hosted by Toppan Merrill on Wednesday, September 21st (from 1:00 – 2:00 pm) — “The Pace of …
Continue Reading Webcast: “The Pace of SEC Rulemaking is on Fire”As universal proxy kicks in (it applies to any shareholder meetings involving a director election starting today, September 1st), Corp Fin issued three CDIs regarding Rule 14a-19 last week. To…
Continue Reading Corp Fin New “Universal Proxy” CDI May Require Proxy DisclosureFor the next installment for my series of e-signature blogs, when the SEC amended Rule 302 of Regulation S-T in 2020, nearly everyone focused on that rule change –…
Continue Reading A Section 16 Change That Some Might Have Missed (Way Back When)The SEC (Finally) Adopts Pay-for-Performance Rules: 5 Things to Know
Twelve years in the making, the SEC adopted pay-for-performance (P4P) disclosure rules last week in the form of new Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. Here’s the 234-page adopting release.
Continue Reading The SEC (Finally) Adopts Pay-for-Performance Rules: 5 Things to KnowLast month, BlackRock published its 2022 Investment Stewardship report weighing in at 72 pages and covering engagements and voting from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
The report highlights…
Continue Reading 6 Nuggets from BlackRock’s 2022 Stewardship ReportEarlier this year, BlackRock announced that it has expanded its Voting Choice program (pass-through voting) to BlackRock clients representing nearly half (47%) of its index equity assets globally, and that…
Continue Reading Pass-Through Voting: Top 5 Things to Be Thinking About NowDuring our recent webcast – “Proxy Season Post-Mortem – 20 Things” – at the 29:48 mark, Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina notes these developments during his discussion about shareholder…
Continue Reading “Racial Equity Audit” Shareholder Proposals: 6 ThingsNew Legislation Imposes Excise Taxes on Stock Repurchases: 9 Things to Know
A few days ago, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law – and there’s a number of items to unpack in it. This blog tackles nine…
Continue Reading New Legislation Imposes Excise Taxes on Stock Repurchases: 9 Things to KnowWe’ve blogged before about “What You Can (and Can’t) Say About ESG: FTC-Style” – so if you’re knee deep in climate issues these days, this new memo from…
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