
Alston & Bird hosted this seminar live from our Atlanta office. Companies face numerous unprecedented changes for the upcoming proxy season. Learn about key developments and issues facing companies and investors, and what you need to do to prepare for the 2012 proxy season. Topics covered in the program included the following.
- ISS Proxy Voting Review
- Shareholder Voting & Investor Relations
- CD&A issues
- Say on Pay
- Engaging Compensation Consultants
- Shareholder Proposals
- Executive Compensation Issues
- Responding to a Proxy Contest/Defensive Measures
- Shareholder Activism
- Issues Facing Boards and GCs
Featured Panelists included:
Ted Allen, Governance Counsel/Director of Publications, ISS
Mark Borges, Principal, Compensia
Darrell Bramen, Vice President & Managing Counsel, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Dennis Garris, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP
Mark Harnett, President, MacKenzie Partners
Stacy Ingram, Senior Counsel–Corporate and Securities, The Home Depot
Rob Marks, Director and Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee, Denny's Corporation
Chris Young, Managing Director of and Head of Takeover Defense, Credit Suisse
Moderators included:
David Brown, Alston & Bird LLP
Dave Brown, Alston & Bird LLP
Gary Ivey, Alston & Bird LLP
Carol McGee, Alston & Bird LLP
Laura Thatcher, Alston & Bird LLP
Scott Ortwein, Alston & Bird LLP
To view a recording of the seminar, please click here.
This seminar was provided as a complimentary service to clients and friends of Alston & Bird LLP. CLE credit is provided for Georgia, Texas, California and New York. Additional states are available upon request. For questions regarding CLE, please contact
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January 12, 2012
12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
Alston & Bird LLP / 1180 West Peachtree Street / Atlanta, GA