In articles published in The Globe and Mail and National Post, Davies partner Jennifer Longhurst comments on the controversies around “exceptional circumstances” and “enhanced quorums” in majority voting policies adopted by Canadian issuers under the TSX’s majority voting requirements.
The surge in attention to majority voting follows the release of Davies Governance Insights 2015, the fifth edition of Davies’ annual report, which presents our analysis of the important trends and developments in corporate governance for Canadian public companies. Our report provides guidance for boards and senior management of public companies and their investors on emerging and recurring governance themes—including majority voting—such as board composition and compensation, gender diversity initiatives and trends, shareholder issues such as engagement and proxy access, selected issues in board risk management, anticipated changes to the takeover bid regime and rights plans and corporate law reform.
Governance Insights:10 Legal Updates GCs, Boards and Investors Need to Know
Jan. 28, 2025 - The latest edition of Davies’ Governance Insights is now available. In this issue, we review 10 developments that general counsel and directors of Canadian public companies, and their investors, should know for 2025 and beyond. These developments include the growing importance of...
Dec. 19, 2024 - Despite a strong start to the year, activist activity in Canada in 2024 tapered to pre-pandemic levels. This reversion to more historic annual totals follows a notable resurgence of shareholder demands directed at Canadian public companies in 2023, when shareholder engagement reached its...
