Client Alert: SEC Approves Final Rules on Enhanced Proxy Statement Disclosures

Friday, December 18, 2009

The Wyrick Robbins Capital Markets/M&A Practice Group has issued a Client Alert regarding new rules approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 16, 2009. The rules, which have an effective date of February 28, 2010, require companies to provide enhanced disclosure in proxy statements on issues related to risk oversight, director qualifications and board composition, compensation and other corporate governance matters.