NYSE Clarifies Answers to Certain FAQs on Equity Compensation Plans

by · August 30, 2016

Rule 303A.08 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual requires that shareholders must be given the opportunity to vote on all equity-compensation plans and material revisions to such plans, with limited exceptions specified in the Rule. The NYSE issued clarifications to certain FAQs on the Rule on August 18, 2016, which are summarized in the following memo: https://www.dorsey.com/newsresources/publications/client-alerts/2016/08/nyse-clarifies-answers-to-certain-faqs

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Cam C. Hoang

Cam helps clients with corporate matters including governance and SEC compliance, equity plans and executive compensation, securities offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to her return to Dorsey, Cam was Senior Counsel and Assistant Secretary at General Mills, Inc., where she helped the company achieve its corporate governance and SEC compliance objectives, worked on securities offerings and M&A transactions, risk management, foundation governance, and general corporate and commercial matters. Before joining General Mills in 2005, Cam was an associate for five years in the Dorsey Corporate Group in Minneapolis.

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