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Yafit Cohn Quoted in Investments & Pensions Europe on Proxy Access
05.17.16
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Corporate Associate Yafit Cohn was quoted in Investments & Pensions Europe in connection with New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s proxy access initiative. The article, “Proxy access: Flexing muscles,” discusses the recent increased willingness of public companies to adopt proxy access bylaws, which allow shareholders to list their director nominees alongside boards’ nominees in proxy materials. “Companies understand that the train has left the station on proxy access,” commented Yafit. Looking forward, she said, “the next phase will be when and how shareholders exercise” their new right.
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