Capital Markets & Securities Law Watch

On July 13, 2022, the SEC proposed amendments to Rule 14a‑8, the shareholder proposal rule, to modify three of the bases for excluding shareholder proposals from a company’s proxy materials.

On July 13, 2022, the SEC adopted amendments to the 2020 proxy rules governing proxy voting advice applicable to proxy advisory firms, or proxy voting advice businesses (“PVABs”). (You can find our blog post about the 2020 rules here).