For those who want to start preparing for the 2017 proxy season, our preliminary list of important considerations is set forth in this article.
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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published CSA Staff Notice 51-346 - Continuous Disclosure Review Program Activities for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 (Staff Notice) which summarizes the results of the CSA's annual continuous disclosure (CD) review of reporting issuers, highlights common disclosure deficiencies and suggests best practices to help reporting issuers comply with their CD obligations.
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A lot has changed since the '90s and change has, for the most part, been a good thing, although I still have a nostalgic yearning to wear plaid flannel and Doc Martens again. Despite the astonishing technological developments over the past 25 years, one thing that hasn't kept pace has been the Canadian Securities Administrators' (CSA) approach to the permitted methods for the initial dissemination of material information by public companies.
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The mandate of the Canadian Board Diversity Council is to improve diversity on corporate boards. Every year, the CBDC circulates a survey to measure the makeup of Canadian board memberships. The data are compiled into an annual report card that highlights statistics on diversity.
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Sustainability is a top business issues for CEOs of major global companies.
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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published on July 7, 2016 their priorities for the three-year period 2016 to 2019 under four categories: "Enhanced Investor Protection", "Fair and Efficient Markets and Reduction of Risks to Market Integrity", "Enhancement of Enforcement Effectiveness" and "Enhancement of Information Technology".
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Amendments to TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) Policy 4.5 - Rights Offerings are now in effect reflecting guidance released by the TSXV earlier this year following the adoption by the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) of amendments relating to rights offerings in Canada in December 2015.
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In March 2016, the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") proposed new rules regarding disclosure of third-party compensation of directors. This third-party compensation, which may not be publicly disclosed, arises when a party other than the issuer, such as an activist investor, compensates a person in connection with that person's candidacy for director or service as a director.
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