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Do Activists Beat the Market?

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Mary Ann Deignan, Rich Thomas, and Kathryn Night, Lazard, on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Editor's Note: Mary Ann Deignan is Head of Capital Markets Advisory, and Rich Thomas and Kathryn Night are Managing Directors in the Capital Markets Advisory group at Lazard. Deignan, Mr. Thomas, Ms.

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Cooley’s 2023 Activism Year in Review: Wolfpacks at the Gate

Cooley M&A

As we look ahead to the 2024 proxy season (and beyond), let’s review the key 2023 trends and developments from activism playbooks, with a sharp focus on the ever-changing landscape in the technology and healthcare sectors. 4] Activists won 134 board seats globally in 2023, a 30% increase from 2022. Momentum building for 2024?

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Skadden Discusses New SEC Pay-Versus-Performance Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations

Reynolds Holding

On November 21, 2023, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance issued eight new Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs), and revised two previously issued C&DIs, relating to the final pay-versus-performance (PVP) disclosure rules adopted last year. Answer: No.

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Skadden Discusses SEC’s Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Rules

Reynolds Holding

footnote disclosure to the table for any amounts deducted and added to total compensation of the NEOs to determine the amount of compensation “actually paid” (as described below) and certain related assumptions, as well as the name of each CEO and other NEO included in table for each year and the fiscal year for which they were included.