| This 60-minute webinar provided an overview of advance notice bylaw provisions relevant to shareholder activism defense. Among the topics covered were what are advance notice provisions, the purposes of advance notice provisions, how advance notice requirements are different from Rule 14a-8 proposal requirements, the legal underpinnings of advance notice provisions, the key components of an advance notice provision, how is business properly brought before a shareholders’ meeting, prerequisites to submit an advance notice, what constitutes a proper and timely notice, use of advance notices for special shareholders’ meetings, proxy advisory firm policies relating to advance notice provisions, and the disclosure of advance notice bylaw deadlines in the company’s annual meeting proxy statement.
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| About the Morgan Lewis Shareholder Activism Defense Practice |
| Morgan Lewis’s nationally recognized and rapid response shareholder activism defense practice is ranked near the top of most of the major league tables for activist defense law practices based on the number of publicly disclosed activism defense situations we have been involved in during the relevant period. Our shareholder activism defense practice advises public companies across the United States and abroad in a wide array of industries with respect to preparing for and/or responding to high-profile proxy contests, special meeting demands, consent solicitations, withhold campaigns, shareholder proposals, and other activist shareholder campaigns, as well as contests for corporate control and contested merger and acquisition situations. Our shareholder activism defense practice also advises on the latest techniques for lessening a company’s vulnerability to activist shareholders, strategic communications, shareholder engagement strategies, board composition enhancement programs, and corporate governance matters. |
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