We did so well with our sound bites in our last interview that we were again quoted by Compliance Week (subscription required) on another Rule 14a-8 story, this time on substantial implementation.  It’s easy to show the SEC that you’ve substantially implemented a request to, for example, declassify your board.  But if the proposal asks for any kind of report with a specified list of “asks”, then it’s much harder if not nearly impossible to show that your report on the same subject already complies.

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