As we blogged back then, the SEC changed its rules last summer to finally mandate the Edgar filing of those few forms that were still being permitted to be filed in paper – mainly Form 144s and glossy annual reports. At the time, the SEC provided a six-month transition period for electronic filings of glossy
BlackRock’s Pass-Through Voting: What’s The Impact So Far?
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During our recent webcast — “Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now” — Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina discussed the potential impact of pass-through voting on this proxy season at the 49:35 mark. Below is a summary of some of his thoughts:
- BlackRock allowed pass-through voting for some of its clients last
Pay vs. Performance: How Might This New Disclosure Impact Voting?
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During our recent webcast — “Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now” — Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina joined Wendy Moore and Allison Handy to discuss the potential impact of the new pay vs. performance rules on this proxy season, at the 7:14 mark. Here’s a summary of some of the thoughts…
Universal Proxy: Early Expectations?
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During our recent webcast — “Proxy Season Roundtable: What You Need to Know Now” — Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina joined Allison Handy at the 26:02 mark to discuss the potential impact of universal proxy on this proxy season. Here is a summary of some of the thoughts provided:
On the question of whether…
The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rules: Appears to Be Coming Soon
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The SEC’s latest Reg Flex Agenda is out. And for those in the throes of the proxy season already, you may not want to read any further. For it seems like the SEC intends to finalize a number of significant rulemakings over the next few months. We’ve barely had time to digest the Rule 10b5-1…
BlackRock’s Proxy Voting Updates: Mostly Standing Pat
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A few weeks ago, BlackRock released its 2023 proxy voting guidelines for U.S. securities – as well as an updated set of its “Investment Stewardship Global Principles.” Here is BlackRock’s summary of those Global Principles and its market-specific voting guidelines (including the U.S. guidelines mentioned above).
The big news is that there…
In-House Corner: New Year’s Resolutions—Part 3
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In this blog feature, our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes, and thoughts about topics that arise in their daily practice. Last year, we received so much feedback on the first two blogs relating to New Year’s resolutions that we have decided to add a third. Here are more New Years’ resolutions for 2023 from our…
Board Diversity: Nasdaq Clarifies Timing for New Rules
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A few days ago, Nasdaq filed a rule change with the SEC that was declared effective immediately. This rule change was filed to simplify the deadline language of the board diversity listing standards that were adopted in August 2021. The diversity matrix disclosure aspect of the standards became effective in 2022. But, the listing standard…
Preparing for the 2023 Public Company Reporting Season
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In anticipation of the upcoming annual reporting and proxy season, this comprehensive new Update from Allison Handy, Erin Gordon, Kristina Daniels, Andrew Pence and Ken Nelson highlight the most significant new rules, policy changes, and proposed rules that you need to know. The Update addresses the following topics:
Understanding the XBRL Requirement for the SEC’s New Pay vs. Performance Rules
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Recently, Toppan Merrill recorded this half-hour video about the XBRL requirement for the SEC’s new Pay vs. Performance rules (access to the video is free, but registration is required). Learn more in this short, Plain English video presentation about the iXBRL tagging requirements…