The fall is a critical period for US public companies and their management and directors to become educated and organized for the 2014 Proxy Season.During this 60-minute program, Latham & Watkins and Georgeson join together again to provide recommendations on the pro-active steps companies should consider taking during this period in order to prepare for the 2014 Proxy Season. Topics that will be covered include:

• Say-on-Pay Advance Preparation: lessons learned in the first three say-on-pay vote seasons; engagement with key institutional investors regarding executive compensation policies; preparation for compensation committee deliberations; dealing with new policies from the proxy advisory firms and more compensation proposals from shareholders; the impact of the new NYSE and Nasdaq listing standards on Compensation Committee advisor independence.
• Proxy Season Advance Preparation: constructive engagement with key institutional investors and the proxy advisory firms to identify and seek early resolution of corporate governance issues; consideration of proposed SEC rulemaking; and potential proxy season litigation.
• Advance Preparation for other hot button shareholder proposals such as political contributions and lobbying, board declassification, independent chairmen, proxy access, environmental, social and other governance issues.

• January 15, 2014 – Drafting Your Proxy Statement and Preparations for a Successful Annual Meeting
• June 18, 2014 – Lessons Learned and Coming Attractions

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Jim Barrall, Partner, Latham & Watkins

Steven Stokdyk, Partner, Latham & Watkins

Rhonda Brauer, Senior Managing Director, Corporate Governance, Georgeson

For more information and questions about this event, please contact: Michele Bravo

Sponsors

Latham & Watkins is a leading global law firm dedicated to working with clients to help them achieve their business goals and overcome legal challenges anywhere in the world. The firm has earned considerable market recognition based on a record of landmark matters and a unified culture of innovation and collaboration. From a global platform of offices covering the world’s major financial, business and regulatory centers, the firm’s lawyers help clients succeed. For more information, visit www.lw.com.

Georgeson is the world’s foremost provider of strategic shareholder consulting services to corporations and shareholder groups working to influence corporate strategy. We offer unsurpassed advice and representation in annual meetings, mergers and acquisitions, proxy contests and other extraordinary transactions. In global transactions, our capacity and network is unmatchedOur core proxy expertise is enhanced with and complemented by our strategic consulting services, as well as by the Georgeson inVU™ platform, a software tool that provides insight into investor ownership and voting profiles. For more information, visit www.georgeson.com.