Securities Alert: SEC Adopts Amendments to E-Proxy Rules to Increase Shareholder Participation in the Voting Process

The adoption by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the “Notice and Access” E-Proxy model in late 2007 allowed public companies to make their proxy materials available to shareholders through Internet access only, or by providing the traditional printed proxy materials, or a combination of both. Many companies adopted the Internet access only process and stopped mailing printed proxy materials to their shareholders, primarily as a means to save on the associated costs.

Click on the link below to download the Securities Alert which covers the February 22, 2010 SEC release amending the rules governing the Notice and Access process.