RegulationSenate Banking Committee chair seeks to overturn 14a-8 reforms Apr 02, 2021Ben MaidenSenator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has launched an effort to overturn SEC reforms that change the shareholder proposal process and have...Read more
ESGChevron faces two climate change shareholder proposals Apr 01, 2021Ben MaidenChevron Corporation shareholders are set to vote on two climate change-related proposals after the SEC rejected efforts to exclude...Read more
ESGProposal seeks climate-lobbying report from Sempra Energy Mar 22, 2021Ben MaidenShareholders in Sempra Energy appear set to vote on a proposal regarding the company’s lobbying in relation to climate change after...Read more
RegulationSEC finalizes Rule 14a-8 reforms Sep 28, 2020Ben MaidenIn a split-decision, the SEC last week approved changes to the shareholder proposal process that have sparked thousands of comment...Read more
RegulationDebate continues over 14a-8 reform plans Aug 03, 2020Ben MaidenThe SEC’s plans to reform the process by which shareholder proposals reach a vote – or companies exclude them from the proxy statement...Read more
ESGInfluential proposal providers face uncertainty Jun 12, 2020Ben AshwellOn May 21, 1971, shareholders at General Motors’ (GM) annual general meeting voted on an unusual resolution put forward by the...Read more
ESGRule 14a-8 reforms would halt many resubmissions, CII argues May 06, 2020Ben MaidenA new paper from the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) argues that parts of the SEC’s proposed changes to Rule 14a-8 would have...Read more
RegulationIndustry gets first insight into SEC’s 14a-8 no-action shift Jan 24, 2020Ben MaidenGovernance professionals at companies, law firms and investors are beginning to find out how the SEC will apply its revised approach...Read more
RegulationZevin Asset Management criticizes shareholder proposal reform plan Dec 03, 2019Ben MaidenZevin Asset Management has complained to the SEC about its plans to raise thresholds for submitting shareholder proposals, while other...Read more
RegulationGroups reject revised 14a-8 no-action approach Sep 24, 2019Ben MaidenGroups including Ceres and the Council of Institutional Investors have called for the SEC’s division of corporation finance to drop...Read more