The Advisors' Blog

– Broc Romanek, CompensationStandards.com

Last Thursday’s blog listing companies that have filed proxy materials under the SEC’s new rules was popular – here are some more samples that either members informed me about or that I dug up myself:

– Weyerhauser Company
– Synovus Financial Corp.
– AGL Resources
– Huntington Bancshares
– Signature Eyewear
– NetSol Technologies
– Champion Industries
– Frederick’s of Hollywood
– Schlumberger Ltd.
– MDU Resources Group
– Covidien Public Limited Company
– Eli Lilly

Thanks to Ken Wagner of Peabody Energy Corp. and Matt Tolland of Wilson Sonsini for pointing some of these new ones out! We should be seeing a lot more proxy statements filed going forward. One member notes that in reading the first batch of filers, it is interesting how companies define “diversity.” Some don’t include gender in that definition, some do. I’m sure we will see surveys on this point at the end of the proxy season.

In his “Proxy Disclosure Blog,” Mark Borges continues to provide detailed analysis of the new proxy statements as they roll in.

CDIs: Corp Fin Issues Six More on the SEC’s New Rules

With the federal government finally open yesterday (albeit two hours late) in DC, Corp Fin issued six more Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations on the SEC’s new rules. They include:

– Item 401 – New Question 116.07
– Item 402(a) – New Question 117.05
– Item 402(c) – New Question 119.21
– Item 402(c) – New Question 119.22
– Item 402(c) – New Question 119.23
– Form 8-K’s Item 5.07 – New Question 121A.01