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Stinson LLP | USA | 29 Nov 2021
SEC Staff Issues Accounting Guidance on “Spring-Loaded” Compensation Awards to Executives
The SEC staff has released guidance for companies about how to properly recognize and disclose compensation cost for “spring-loaded awards” made to…
Stinson LLP | USA | 27 Nov 2021
Proposed CFIUS Rules Would Delay Determination with Respect to Excepted Foreign States
The “excepted foreign state” definition in the CFIUS rules operates together with other relevant terms to exclude from CFIUS’s jurisdiction covered…
Stinson LLP | USA | 26 Nov 2021
SEC Proposes Changes to Proxy Advisor Rules
In 2019, the SEC proposed changes to its proxy advisor rules (the “2019 Proposed Rules”). Later the SEC adopted final rules regarding proxy voting…
Stinson LLP | USA | 17 Nov 2021
SEC Adopts Mandatory Universal Proxy Rules
In 2016 the SEC adopted proposed rules related to use of universal proxies in contested director elections. The SEC has now adopted final rules. The…
Stinson LLP | USA | 10 Nov 2021
SEC Reverses Course on Shareholder Proposals
The SEC Division of Corporation Finance announced it has rescinded Staff Legal Bulletin (“SLBs”) Nos. 14I, 14J and 14K after a review of staff…
Stinson LLP | USA | 8 Nov 2021
ISS Publishes Proposed Changes for 2022 for Comment
ISS has published proposed policy changes for 2022 for public comment. The following summarizes proposed changes for the U.S. market…
Stinson LLP | USA | 15 Oct 2021
SEC Reopens Comments on Compensation Clawbacks
In 2015 the SEC proposed rules to implement Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank which added Section 10D to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Section 10D…
Stinson LLP | USA | 13 Oct 2021
SEC Updates Filing Fee Rules
The SEC has adopted amendments that it believes will modernize filing fee disclosure and payment methods. The revised rules amend most fee-bearing…
Stinson LLP | USA | 4 Oct 2021
NYSE Proposal Addresses Abstentions in Definition of “Votes Cast”
Section 312.07 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual provides that, where shareholder approval is a prerequisite to the listing of any additional or new…
Stinson LLP | USA | 23 Sep 2021
Preliminary Planning for the 2022 Proxy Season
We have identified only a few possible changes to date for D&O questionnaires and committee charters for the 2022 proxy season…
