The SEC recently issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14G providing additional guidance on shareholder proposals submitted to companies pursuant to Rule 14a-8. The guidance is in response to s...
Given say-on-pay votes, companies are interested in understanding how their shareholders view executive compensation. At the always informative NASPP conference, Michelle Edkins from Blac...
ISS has issued the results of its recent survey on corporate governance. The responses will form the basis for policy changes affecting the 2013 proxy season. Perhaps reflecting concern...
On September 25, 2012, both the NYSE and Nasdaq proposed listing standards to implement the SEC’s requirements regarding the independence of compensation committees and their advisers. ...
The NYSE has published an updated rule filing submitted to the SEC on the recent proposed listing standards related to compensation committees. The rule filing notes that Amendment No. ...
We just discussed the NYSE’s proposed standards applicable to compensation committee members and their advisers, which closely follow the SEC final rules. Nasdaq has posted its proposed...
The NYSE has posted its proposed filing with the SEC to implement the SEC rules for compensation committees and advisers. We are preparing a client memorandum to describe the standards in...
Less attention is paid to shareholder proposals during the summer months, which is when Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) submitted a series of proposals seeking independent chairm...
Richard Truesdell, Co-Head of Davis Polk’s Global Capital Markets Group, shares his views on the impact of the JOBS Act.
Watch Richard’s interview with Ning Chiu, Counsel in the Capit...
In July we discussed the prospect of two proxy access shareholder proposals coming up for vote this summer, first at Forest Labs and then Medtronic. Both were generated by the form develo...
