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January 19, 2018

If the SEC Shuts Down? Plan for Registration Statement Acceleration Beforehand?

Congress is scrambling to avoid a government shutdown by the end of today – but the SEC’s contingency plans appear to be already in place. The SEC posted its “operations plan” for a government shutdown early last month.

As of right now, that plan is not featured on the SEC’s home page – nor is there word about how registration statements on the verge of being accelerated will be handled. The plan covers a total shutdown, not a partial shutdown if the SEC still has some funds available – which is what happened back in 2013 (also see this blog from back then).

There’s been no announcement as to potential timing – but if the SEC implements its plan, about 300 of the SEC’s 4600 staffers would keep on working. Edgar would remain operational, but it appears that most core Corp Fin operations would stop – including registration statement reviews. More to come…

Shareholder Proposals: “Lap Dog” Is In!

Here’s the intro from this blog by Cooley’s Cydney Posner: “From here on out, I guess you can count on seeing your directors described as “lap dogs” in some shareholder proposals or, more accurately, nascent or possible lap dogs. (That helps, doesn’t it?) That’s because, in three separate shareholder proposals submitted to The Boeing Company by three beneficial owners (all working through John Chevedden), the SEC refused to allow the company to exclude portions of the supporting statements that suggested that some of the company’s directors might be “lap dogs.”

Transcript: “The Latest – Your Upcoming Pay Ratio, Tax Reform & Proxy Disclosures”

We have posted the transcript for our recent CompensationStandards.com webcast: “The Latest: Your Upcoming Pay Ratio, Tax Reform & Proxy Disclosures.”

John Jenkins