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    Emerging Issues

    2020 Proxy Season Review

    January 1, 2020
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    What Companies and Boards Can Learn

    Sullivan & Cromwell’s 2020 proxy season review will analyze significant trends and developments relating to the 2020 U.S. annual meeting proxy season and highlight implications for the 2021 proxy season as companies navigate the post-COVID-19 environment. 

    We address issues that U.S. public companies and their boards should consider as they engage with investors, regulators, employees, and other stakeholders, who continue to be increasingly focused long-term sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and social capital.

    Download: Part 1—Rule 14a-8 Shareholder Proposals

    Download: Part 2—Say-on-Pay Votes and Equity Compensation 


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    On September 23, S&C Corporate Governance co-heads Marc Treviño and Melissa Sawyer and associate June Hu hosted a webinar to further explain the lessons of the past year and what to expect going forward. They examined topics including Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposals, say-on-pay votes and equity compensation, and what to expect in 2021.
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