The Dodd-Frank Act: New Corporate Governance and Disclosure Requirements for Public Companies

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Speakers:
Laura Hewett, Jeff Stein and Keith Townsend

Description:

The Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law on July 21, 2010, and will subject all U.S. public companies to new corporate governance and disclosure requirements. While "say on pay" and "proxy access" have received most of the attention, Dodd-Frank imposes additional requirements that will affect disclosure in 2011 proxy statements and voting at 2011 annual meetings. We will discuss the key corporate governance and disclosure items included in Dodd-Frank, and provide pragmatic advice for public companies, as they develop their approaches to comply with the new requirements. For each major corporate governance or disclosure item in Dodd-Frank, we will:

• Discuss the background and operation of the new requirement
  
  
• Describe the steps required for implementation, including any SEC or stock exchange rulemaking
  
  
• Discuss the likely impact on public companies
  
  
• Recommend "action items" for public companies, including drafting new disclosures, reviewing stock ownership to predict voting results, analyzing pay practices and making required revisions to corporate documents

This program will be of interest to directors of public companies, corporate secretaries, governance officers, securities lawyers, and officers in the human resources, investor relations and public reporting functions.

Contact
Holly Delgado
Professional Development Program Manager
King & Spalding LLP
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hdelgado@kslaw.com