The SEC has approved, in their entirety, the changes to the NYSE’s corporate governance rules proposed by the NYSE last August. The new rules will take effect on January 1, 2010. For the most part, the changes should be welcome and fairly easy to comply with as they largely conform the NYSE corporate governance requirements to those in Item 407 of Regulation S-K.


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