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NYSE and NASDAQ listing standards for compensation committees and compensation advisers approved by SEC

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • January 28 2013

On January 11, 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the New York Stock Exchange's (NYSE) and the NASDAQ Stock Market's

NASDAQ and NYSE propose listing standards for compensation committees and selection of compensation committee advisors

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • October 16 2012

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to their listing standards relating to compensation committees as required by SEC Rule 10C-1

SEC adopts final rules on listing standards for compensation committees

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • July 5 2012

On June 20, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new Rule 10C-1 under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) to implement Section 952 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank

Canadian securities regulators consider whether to regulate proxy advisory firms

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • July 5 2012

The Canadian Securities Administrators have invited input from issuers, institutional investors, proxy advisors and other market participants on concerns raised regarding the activities of proxy advisory firms and possible securities regulatory responses to such concerns

The state of play on say on pay in Canada in 2012

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada, United Kingdom, USA
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  • June 12 2012

The number of Canadian issuers that have agreed to provide their shareholders with the opportunity to vote on an advisory resolution on executive compensation, or say on pay vote, has slowly continued to increase

Company-sponsored automatic securities disposition plans

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • March 30 2012

An Automatic Securities Disposition Plan (ASDP) is a plan or agreement whereby insider-held securities of an issuer are sold on an automatic basis in accordance with a pre-determined schedule (for example, quarterly or bi-annually

TSX gets back into governance regulation

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • October 6 2011

On September 9, 2011, the TSX issued for comment proposed amendments to its listing requirements which would require listed issuers to have annual elections for all directors; provide for proxy voting for directors on an individual basis; disclose in their proxy materials whether the issuer has adopted a majority voting policy for directors and, if not, explain why not; and notify the TSX if a director of a listed issuer which does not have a majority voting policy receives a majority of “withhold” votes

Trick or treat? Changes to Canadian executive compensation disclosure rules come into effect October 31, 2011

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • August 3 2011

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has tightened its executive compensation disclosure requirements and is requiring additional disclosure regarding the qualifications of the compensation committee, the consideration of risks associated with the company’s compensation practices and fees paid to compensation consultants

The current state of say on pay in Canada

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 5 2011

Say on pay continues to make inroads in Canada and to date over 70 Canadian companies have agreed to hold say on pay votes

Increased shareholder activism in canada: a potential warning sign for the upcoming meeting season?

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • December 8 2010

Shareholders of Canadian companies have historically been relatively well mannered and polite - "typically Canadian," one might say