Rick Alexander to Present at BNA Webinar: Assessing the Impact of the SEC’s Shareholder Proxy Access Rules
Panelist: Frederick H. Alexander
September 28, 2010, Webinar
Wilmington, DE – September 2, 2010 – Rick Alexander, Morris Nichols Corporate Law and M&A partner will serve as a panelist for the BNA Webinar Assessing the Impact of the SEC’s Shareholder Proxy Access Rules, Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET. Rick will be joined by Lawrence A. Hamermesh, (Ruby R. Vale Professor of Corporate and Business Law at Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware; on leave as an attorney-fellow, Securities and Exchange Commission) and Elizabeth Ising, Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance partner (Gibson Dunn).
Program highlights of the 90-minute webinar focusing on the SEC’s newly approved proxy access rules, include:
- Exchange Act Rule 14a-11
- When is it effective and which companies are subject to it?
- What requirements must shareholders satisfy to include a director nominee in a company’s proxy materials?
- How many proxy access nominees must be included?
- Under what circumstances can a corporation decline to include a proxy access nominee and what process must it follow to do so?
- Exchange Act Rule 14a-8(i)(8)
- Which shareholder proposals concerning director nominees must a corporation now include in its proxy materials?
- Which shareholder proposals could a corporation likely exclude by obtaining a no-action letter?
- What Now?
- Are there changes that should be made to by-laws and other governing documents before the Rules become effective?
- How is this going to affect annual meeting calendars and disclosures?
- Interplay of the Rules with state corporate law and other governance issues
- Broader implications—constituency directors, board dynamics, and long-term goals
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Click here to download a copy of BNA’s Corporate Counsel Weekly interview of Rick Alexander highlighting some of the issues to be covered in the Sept. 28, 2010 webinar, “Assessing the Impact of the SEC’s Shareholder Proxy Access Rules” (PDF 50 KB)