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Universal Proxy Rules
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The CLS Blue Sky Blog
SEC Commissioner Peirce Dissents on Universal Proxy Rules
I support universal proxy, but not today’s version of universal proxy. Shareholders voting by proxy should be able to split their vote among company and dissident nominees. Allowing shareholders a…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
SEC Commissioner Crenshaw on Universal Proxy Rules
Congratulations to the rulemaking team from the Division of Corporation Finance, as well as the staff within the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis and the Office of the General…
Corporate and Securities Law
SEC Adopts Mandatory Universal Proxy Rules
Free Writings + Perspectives
SEC Reopens Universal Proxy Comment Period
By Laura D. Richman, Robert F. Gray Jr.
On April 16, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release reopening the comment period on its 2016 proposal for a mandatory universal proxy to be used for…
Corporate and Securities Law
Draft Financial Choice Act 2.0 Prohibits Universal Proxy and Restricts Shareholder Proposals
Timely disclosure
The SEC’s Proposed Amendments regarding the Use of Universal Proxies
In today’s marketplace, most shareholder voting is done by way of proxy. Few shareholders choose to attend shareholder meetings in person. Under the current rules of the U.S. Securities and…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
SEC Proposes Amendments To Require Universal Proxy Cards in Contested Elections
By Mark D. Wood, Mark J. Reyes, Andrew S. Herrington-Gilmore
On October 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose amendments to the proxy rules that would require the use of universal proxy cards in contested elections (i.e., in…
Corporate and Securities Law
The SEC’s Proposed Universal Proxy Rule: Beneficial to Shareholders or Tilting the Result toward Activist Investors?
Corporate and Securities Law
The SEC’s Universal Proxy Rulemaking: History & What to Expect