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US SEC Staff Offers Guidance on Exclusion of Shareholder Proposals from Company Proxy Statements


by Laura D. Richman View Biography
Mayer Brown LLP View Firm Credentials
Chicago Office

November 4, 2009

Rule 14a-8(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides a list of the permitted, non-procedural reasons for an issuer to exclude a shareholder proposal from its proxy statement. Rule 14a-8(i)(7) allows an issuer to exclude a proposal that "deals with a matter relating to the company's ordinary business operations."


 

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