Archives for October 2020

ISS Proposes and Opens Comment on Draft 2021 Voting Policy Updates

October 19, 2020 | Posted by Elizabeth A. Ising; Lori Zyskowski Topic(s): Corporate Governance; Miscellaneous; Proxy Statements and Annual Meetings

Last week, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS") proposed and published for comment voting policy changes for the 2021 proxy season. These include three proposed updates that would apply to U.S. companies.

Regulation S-K Amendments to Items 101, 103, and 105 to go Effective November 9, 2020

October 8, 2020 | Posted by Ronald O. Mueller; Michael A. Titera Topic(s): Miscellaneous; Securities Regulation

The amendments to Items 101, 103, and 105 of Regulation S-K that were adopted by the SEC on August 26, 2020 (discussed in our previous client alert, available here) were published in the Federal Register today, October 8, 2020. As a result, the amendments will go into effect on Monday November 9, 2020 (the first business day following 30 days after publication in the Federal Register). November 9 is also the last day for calendar companies that are large accelerated filers or accelerated filers to file the Q3 10-Q.