Teleconference

Summary of 2010 Financial Reform Corporate Governance Key Developments

In addition to overhauling the financial services regulatory regime in the U.S., the Dodd-Frank Act advances the further federalization of corporate governance regulation.

On September 8th, Paul Hastings and the National Investor Relations Institute brought together a panel of experts to discuss how these developments affect public companies, investors, and their advisors. This was the first in a series of teleconferences designed to keep you up-to-date on the issues you need to know.

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The corporate governance provisions are not limited to financial services sector companies, but apply generally to public companies traded in the U.S. The Dodd-Frank Act imposes far-reaching substantive requirements many of which have been hotly debated among corporate, institutional and activist investor and corporate governance watch dog interest groups, including:

• Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation and Golden Parachutes (Say-on-Pay)

• Proxy Access

• Compensation Committee/Compensation Consultant Reforms

• Employee and Director Hedging

• Pay-for-Performance and Pay Equity

• Claw Back Policies

• Separation of the Offices of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

• Prohibition on Discretionary Voting and Increased Transparency of Securities Ownership

• Attestation Exemption For Smaller Companies