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Excerpts from What's on the Minds of Boards Ahead of Shareholder Meetings with Tom Conaghan
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Join BDO's Center for Corporate Governance Amy Rojik and Tom Conaghan, a partner and the Co-Head of McDermott Will & Emory’s Capital Markets and Public Companies Group, as they highlight several key considerations for upcoming shareholder meetings for directors and management teams from the perspectives of institutional investors and regulators.
Key Takeaways
- Institutional investors and regulators are placing significant emphasis on the following areas:
- Engagement with shareholders should be a critical component of proxy season strategy
- Anticipated increased activism and demands for disclosure – including racial inclusion and diversity
- SEC’s enhanced focus on climate change as well as human capital management initiatives and related disclosures that may have material financial impacts
- Consideration of the need for quantitative metrics included in SEC filings to be reliable, consistent and accurate
- Importance of remaining current on evolving legislation, listing exchange and regulatory rules, particularly around DE&I and other ESG issues
- Reminders to companies that non-GAAP measures and inappropriate use of executive “perks” remain on the radar for regulators’ enforcement activities
Resources:
Access the full recording from the webinar – 2021 What's on The Minds of Boards Ahead of Shareholder Meetings
79集单集
Manage episode 289840239 series 2910096
Join BDO's Center for Corporate Governance Amy Rojik and Tom Conaghan, a partner and the Co-Head of McDermott Will & Emory’s Capital Markets and Public Companies Group, as they highlight several key considerations for upcoming shareholder meetings for directors and management teams from the perspectives of institutional investors and regulators.
Key Takeaways
- Institutional investors and regulators are placing significant emphasis on the following areas:
- Engagement with shareholders should be a critical component of proxy season strategy
- Anticipated increased activism and demands for disclosure – including racial inclusion and diversity
- SEC’s enhanced focus on climate change as well as human capital management initiatives and related disclosures that may have material financial impacts
- Consideration of the need for quantitative metrics included in SEC filings to be reliable, consistent and accurate
- Importance of remaining current on evolving legislation, listing exchange and regulatory rules, particularly around DE&I and other ESG issues
- Reminders to companies that non-GAAP measures and inappropriate use of executive “perks” remain on the radar for regulators’ enforcement activities
Resources:
Access the full recording from the webinar – 2021 What's on The Minds of Boards Ahead of Shareholder Meetings
79集单集
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