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Author Archives: Tarik Samman
Silicon Valley and S&P 100: A Comparison of 2024 Proxy Season Results
In the 2024 proxy season, 149 of the technology and life sciences companies included in the Fenwick – Bloomberg Law Silicon Valley 150 List (SV 150) and all of the companies in Standard & Poor’s (S&P 100) held annual meetings. Generally, such annual meetings will, at a minimum, include voting with respect to the election of directors […]
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Posted in Practitioner Publications
Tagged Disclosure, Proxy season, S&P 100, Silicon Valley
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Weekly Roundup: December 6-12, 2024
The ISSB Puts Portfolio Materiality on the Table Posted by Frederick Alexander, The Shareholder Commons, on Friday, December 6, 2024 Tags: Disclosure, GHG, ISSB, Sustainability What Companies Can Do to Protect against Cyberattacks Posted by Jenness E. Parker, William E. Ridgway, and David A. Simon, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, on Saturday, December […]
Click here to read the complete postBoard Practices and Composition: 2024 Edition
Despite record levels of demographic diversity in board composition, directional trends are slowing amid an increasingly complex economic and social environment. This report provides a detailed analysis of evolving board composition and practices in 2024, focusing on public companies in the Russell 3000 and S&P 500 indexes. Key Insights As boards look to diversify their […]
Click here to read the complete postNo, SPACs Do Not Dilute Investors – A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
Over the past decade, special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) became a prominent method for private companies to go public through a merger transaction (“de-SPAC”) between a publicly-listed SPAC and a private company. The SPAC boom peaked in 2020 and 2021 when there were 248 and 613 SPACs representing the majority of all IPOs both years. […]
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Posted in Academic Research, Delaware Law Series
Tagged investors, IPOs, NCPS, SPACs
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Boards Must Lead Companies Through Today’s Political Turbulence
In the wake of current political volatility, corporate boards should continually exercise the full scope of their leadership role, in order to sustain the organizational mission and respond to stakeholder interests they serve. Every incoming administration has the unquestioned right to seek to shape the government in support of its platform. Yet the headlines make clear that the […]
Click here to read the complete postRemarks by Chair Gensler Before the Investor Advisory Committee
Good morning. I am pleased to meet with the Investor Advisory Committee. As today’s meeting is the last of this Administration, I’d like to share some reflections about this Committee and its importance to everyday investors. As is customary, I’d note that my views are my own as the 33rd Chair of the Securities and […]
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Tagged advocacy, SEC, shareholder advocacy, SPACs
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Remarks by Commissioner Peirce Before the Investor Advisory Committee
As we close out 2024, allow me a moment to thank you for sharing your time and your wisdom this last year. I look forward to working with all of you next year, which is likely to be a particularly eventful year for both the Commission and the Investor Advisory Committee. Thank you also to […]
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Tagged Advisory, investors, SEC, Shareholders
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2024 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report
Below are the key findings from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s 2024 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report, which analyzes the corporate governance practices and disclosures of the Valley’s largest public companies based on reviews of proxy statements filed between October 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024 (referred to as 2024 in this report), as […]
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Tagged Corporate governance, ESG, IPOs, SV150
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Human Rights and Portfolio Risk: Why Investors Should Think Big
With human rights regulations expanding, investors need a broader approach to assessing risk and opportunity. Guidelines on human rights have helped shape some of the key principles of corporate responsibility. Increasingly, however, governments are hardening guidelines into law. Penalties for companies that fail to comply may be severe—but the risks to investors can be mitigated, […]
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Tagged AI, investors, portfolio, Regulations
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Shareholder Preferences and Shareholder Democracy
The role of shareholders in corporate governance has evolved in recent decades, even in jurisdictions where shareholder influence has been limited. Traditionally, shareholder interests were held to be narrowly focused on maximising financial returns, with governance practices structured around this objective. However, growing awareness of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues has shifted the conversation. […]
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