Leading governance and investor relations professionals will gather in New York next week to share their expertise and practical...Read more
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) noted that companies are for the first time this year...Read more
SEC
– Reuters reported that a growing number of large US companies have said they will cover travel costs for employees who must leave...Read more
CalSTRS is pressing the SEC to go further with its climate risk disclosure plans by, among other things, throwing a wider net to take...Read more
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that BlackRock’s efforts to get institutional investors to vote their own shares is...Read more
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that Carl Icahn is dropping a proxy fight focused on the treatment of pregnant pigs at...Read more
On March 21, 2022, the SEC proposed sweeping new disclosure requirements that would require public companies (both US issuers and...Read more
A pair of long-discussed and highly anticipated regulatory changes affecting activist investors and the US companies they target are...Read more
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that Unilever said it would add Nelson Peltz to its board. Peltz said Unilever had ‘...Read more
– Reuters said that, according to people familiar with the matter, Toshiba Corp plans to propose giving two of its major hedge fund...Read more
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that McDonald’s Corporation said it would leave Russia and sell its business there over...Read more
April
Governance professionals gathered at the Corporate Secretary Forum – Summer in New York...Read more
– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell left after...Read more
Shareholders in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will vote at the company’s 2023 AGM on June 9...Read more
– CNBC reported that workers at the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company’s flagship store...Read more
March
Shareholder proposals targeting major pharmaceutical companies and resolutions looking...Read more
Companies should be completely transparent when it comes to their messaging and...Read more
Eli Lilly and Company shareholders appear set to vote on separate shareholder proposals...Read more
– Reuters (paywall) reported that US authorities took emergency measures to protect...Read more
