Negotiating the Changing Shareholder Landscape: Developments for the 2010 Proxy Season

Ken Altman of The Altman Group and attorneys from Taft’s Public Company Group are hosting a short seminar:

Negotiating the Changing Shareholder Landscape:
Developments for the 2010 Proxy Season

Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

The Taft Center, US Bank Building, at the corner of Walnut and Fifth Streets.

In this one-hour seminar, which is intended for in-house counsel, corporate secretaries, investor relations officers and other public company decision-makers, we will discuss how recent and proposed changes to the SEC proxy rules and stock exchange voting requirements are likely to affect your company, your directors and your shareholder votes during the 2010 proxy season and beyond. Topics will include:

• Amended NYSE Rule 452 and Director Elections
• Shareholder Communications and “Proxy Plumbing”
• Proxy Access
• Executive Compensation Practices and Disclosures

Ken Altman is the President and founder of The Altman Group, the premier proxy solicitation, corporate governance consulting, and bankruptcy balloting firm in the U.S.

Light hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served after the seminar.

There is no charge for this seminar.

This seminar will be available via webcast for our clients and friends outside the Cincinnati area.

To register for this seminar, please RSVP to rsvp@taftlaw.com.