Foley’s latest National Directors Institute Web Conference Series, Moving Your Business Forward: Are You Taking the Right Steps?, explores how boards of directors and executives can adapt their corporate governance and business strategies to make the most of changing market conditions.
During this session on December 2, 2009, we focused on Proxy Season Legal Update/New and Evolving SEC Disclosure Issues.
This year there has been much attention on proposed and actual federal legislation and regulation from the SEC and the exchanges. In addition, RiskMetrics Group and others have also voiced their wish lists for this year’s proxy season. The NDI Web conference 2010 Proxy Season Legal Update / New and Evolving SEC Disclosure Issues highlighted key items that should be on your radar and discussed how those key items will affect your company and its public disclosures. Topics included:
Legislation and regulation not to worry about for 2010
Broker nonvotes
E-proxy / notice and access
Shareholder proposals
New SEC proxy statement disclosures
RiskMetrics Group 2010 recommendations
Negative vote recommendations
Disclosure of director relationships
Other disclosure considerations
This session was moderated by Foley Partner Patrick G. Quick and included panelists Richard H. Grubaugh, Senior Vice President of D.F. King and Mark J. Sifferlen, Senior Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary of Cummins Inc.
For more information about this program, please contact Jennifer Bartz at [email protected].
