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NYSE, NASDAQ move to scrap compulsory news releases
THE New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ plan to eliminate rules that currently require listed companies to issue press releases when disclosing important information.
The NYSE has filed a proposed rule change (PDF 503KB, 18 pages) to amend its Listed Company Manual to allow listed companies to comply with its immediate release policy by disseminating [...]
No changes please, we're PR Newswire's Disclosure Advisory Board
PR NEWSWIRE has trotted out its Disclosure Advisory Board (DAB) to say that they do not see companies changing their disclosure practices any time soon in response to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent guidance for company websites.
They have issued a statement that basically calls for companies to continue to use the services [...]
SEC's new guidance for websites and blogs posted
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published its 47-page interpretive release that explains how companies can use their websites and blogs to meet its requirements for public disclosure under Regulation FD.
Here’s a Scribd version of the complete release, which can also be downloaded in PDF from the SEC’s website. See my initial comments [...]
US firms love e-proxy savings, but at what cost?
DESPITE the risk that they might be reaping short-term gains while laying the foundation for long-term pain, 566 US companies used notice-only e-proxy mailings for their shareholder meetings by the end of April.
According to figures compiled by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., companies have saved about $132 million through lower print and mailing costs.
Unfortunately, that has [...]
An analogy that's hard to miss
WHERE can you legally stuff the ballot boxes with votes from people who do not actually cast ballots? Where can you cling to your position by having those votes push you to a majority?
Why, in America, of course. This happens in elections of corporate directors under something called broker non-votes, which the New York Stock [...]
Is there a disclosure issue here?
TAKE a look at these news releases put out this week by two New York Stock Exchange-listed companies about awards they’ve received for their investor relations websites and their disclosure practices.
The first is from Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligents SA, the airline firm listed on the NYSE under the symbol GOL.
SAO PAULO, Brazil, April 1, 2008, [...]
Nasdaq and OMX to create trans-Atlantic exchange
By Dominic Jones
NASDAQ Stock Market Inc. is bidding $3.67 billion for Sweden’s OMX AB, Europe’s sixth-largest stock exchange group, in a deal to create the second trans-Atlantic stock exchange.
OMX AB sells exchange software and operates equity and derivatives exchanges in the Nordic and Baltic markets. Its Nordic Exchange includes exchanges in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Iceland, [...]
Noteworthy list #12
Notable excerpts and links to articles and reports we’ve found worthwhile reading. Though we try to avoid them, some links may be intercepted by ads or may require free log-ins. Please don’t blame us for this.
Investor Relations
CEO parachute deals come to light in new filings
The severance arrangements outlined will be “where some of the really [...]
NYSE in disclosure dark ages
By Dominic Jones
WHAT year is it? If you spend your life with your head buried in the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) Listed Company Manual, you might be in a 10-year time warp.
NYSE-TSE pact underscores need for global IR
By Dominic Jones
THIS shouldn’t be news to anyone in the investor relations field, but the globalization of investor relations keeps rolling on apace as stock exchanges continue to link up.
A key component of the cooperation agreement between the New York Stock Exchange and the Tokyo Stock Exchange announced yesterday is helping listed companies reach investors [...]
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