The SEC is
soliciting comments on a NYSE proposal to eliminate the requirement that listed companies provide hard copies of their proxy materials to the Exchange provided that the materials are included in an SEC filing available on EDGAR.
Any listed company whose proxy materials are available on EDGAR but not filed pursuant to Schedule 14A would be required to provide the Exchange with information sufficient to identify the filing by a specified means not later than the date on which such material is sent or given to shareholders. Any company whose proxy materials are not included in their entirety (together with proxy card) in an SEC filing available on EDGAR will continue to be required to provide three hard copies of any proxy material not available on EDGAR to the Exchange not later than the date on which such material is sent or given to shareholders, consistent with the requirements of Rule 14a-6(b) under the '34 Act.
Comments on the proposal may be submitted
here.
We previously reported in this week's Society
Alert that the SEC
approved the NYSE's pending proposed amendment to its immediate release policy.
See Cooley's
post.