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SEC adopts proxy rule changes to notice and access model
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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- USA
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- February 26 2010
On February 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rule changes to its notice and access proxy solicitation model (also known as the "notice-only option") which provides for Internet availability of proxy materials following the provision to shareholders of a notice of Internet availability
SEC staff publishes new guidance on shareholder proposals
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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- USA
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- October 26 2012
On October 16 the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14G (SLB 14G) providing guidance with respect to three issues in connection with shareholder proxy proposals that arose during the 2012 proxy season
SEC proposes rules to enhance disclosure regarding corporate governance and clarify proxy rules
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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- USA
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- July 2 2009
On July 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments intended to improve disclosure in the area of corporate governance and clarify the SEC’s proxy rules
SEC proposes rules on shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation for TARP recipients
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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- USA
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- July 2 2009
On July 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed to amend the federal proxy rules to require companies which have received financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to include in their proxy materials an advisory vote on executive compensation
SEC proposes proxy rule changes to improve notice-only option
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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- USA
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- October 16 2009
On October 14, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rule changes to its notice and access proxy solicitation model in order to enhance shareholder comprehension of the "notice-only option" and improve shareholder response rates to proxy solicitations
SEC publishes final rule amendments extending SOX 404 auditor attestation date for smallest public companies
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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- USA
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- October 16 2009
As reported in the October 2 edition of Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest, the Securities and Exchange Commission extended the date for compliance by companies with a public float under $75 million (non-accelerated filers) with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404 requirement that management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) be audited by an independent registered public accounting firm
SEC recommends additional MD&A disclosures regarding loan losses
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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- USA
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- August 21 2009
In August, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance sent letters to public financial institutions recommending that the companies consider additional disclosures regarding risks in their loan portfolios and trends in loan losses in Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) in future filings
SEC issues technical corrections to recent rule amendments
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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- USA
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- February 26 2010
On February 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission made technical corrections to rule amendments adopted on December 19, 2009, in the areas of corporate governance and proxy disclosure
ISS publishes FAQs for policies on proxy voting recommendations
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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- USA
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- January 7 2011
On December 14 and January 4, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) published FAQs regarding its policies for determining proxy voting recommendations for meetings to be held on or after February 1
House Financial Services Committee approves exemption from SOX 404(b) auditor attestation requirement for smallest public companies
- Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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- USA
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- November 6 2009
On November 4, the House Financial Services Committee approved an amendment to the Investor Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 3817) introduced by Congressmen Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) and John Adler (D-N.J.) that would exempt companies with a public float under $75 million (non-accelerated filers) from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Section 404(b) requirement that management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting be audited by an independent registered public accounting firm
