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April 8, 2014

Corp Fin Issues 9 More Conflict Minerals FAQs: Big Webcast Tomorrow!

Yesterday, Corp Fin issued 9 new FAQs, mainly dealing with obtaining an independent private sector audit (known as an “IPSA”) of the conflict minerals report. This is a second set of FAQs, that comes nearly one year after the first set of 12.

With the first annual disclosures due on June 2nd, many are scrambling to figure out how to best fill out their first Form SD, etc. – so we are hosting this special webcast – “Conflict Minerals: Tackling Your 1st Form SD” – at 1 pm eastern tomorrow, featuring WilmerHale’s Meredith Cross and Morrison & Foerster’s David Lynn. Tune in to get up-to-speed now…

Shareholder Proposals: Reform Debate Intensifies

Last week, I blogged about SEC Commissioner Gallagher’s speech wanting to reopen the can of worms that is the shareholder proposals rule. Then Nasdaq’s General Counsel – Ed Knight – weighed in with similar emotions in this WSJ op-ed. Now CII Director Ann Yerger has penned her own WSJ op-ed taking issue with Knight’s op-ed. And here is a piece from As You Sow…

Speaking of CII, it has sent its second letter to the SEC about interim vote tallies. This letter expresses a concern about Broadridge’s decision to not disclose interim voting tallies to shareholder proponents. Learn more in this Gibson Dunn blog – and this 4-minute video explains generally what this issue is all about…

– Broc Romanek