Wednesday, September 01, 2010

U.S. financial reform: corporate governance and executive compensation provisions for public companies


The corporate governance provisions discussed in this Alert require shareholder proxy access, expand compensation disclosure, institute say-on-pay votes, prohibit brokers from voting street-name shares on say-on-pay and other significant matters, mandate membership and operation of compensation committees, strengthen proxy disclosure, and amend securities transaction reporting under sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Act also vests broad rulemaking discretion in the SEC, which may make it difficult to foresee the full impact of the Act at this time.

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