Gouvernance

Intéressante publication il y a peu par le Financial Reporting Council sur les bonnes pratiques quant à la tenue d’une assemblée : « Good Practice Guidance for Company Meetings » (21 juillet 2022.

Un extrait de l’introduction est significatif sur le nécessaire dialogue qu’il doit y avoir :

« Companies should seek to maximise the participation and engagement of all types of shareholders on the register and, where appropriate, take advantage of the use of technology to increase participation and engagement. A company should use a combination of appropriate methods that it determines will work best for its shareholder base, in order to encourage engagement and maintain strong ties with shareholders ».

Résumé :

In July 2022, the FRC published company meetings guidance in the form of principles and actions that listed companies should consider adopting in order to enhance effective shareholder participation when planning and conducting AGMs and other general meetings. The guidance draws on the work of the FRCs AGM Working Group. Key aspects include board engagement with shareholders, communication of meeting arrangements, using proxies, and voting processes.

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Bonjour à toutes et à tous, une récente étude menée sur les entreprises des indices FTSE100 et FTSE250 démontrent que ces dernières subissent de plus en plus la pression pour réduire le montant de la rémunération des hauts-dirigeants : « Shareholders flex their muscles in 2017 AGM season to reduce FTSE pay » (The Investment Association, 16 août 2017).

FTSE100 companies have listened and acted on 2016 investor rebellions, with a 35% decrease in 2017 remuneration resolutions that received over 20% dissent

FTSE250 companies were in the investor spotlight in 2017, with a 100% increase in companies getting 20% or more of votes against their remuneration resolutions compared to 2016

FTSE350 companies overall saw a 300% increase in votes against a Director re-election

6 FTSE350 companies withdrew resolutions on pay ahead of the company AGMs to avoid a shareholder rebellion

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Ivan Tchotourian

L’Autorité prudentielle de la Banque d’Angleterre vient de publier un Supervisory Statement intitulé « Corporate governance: Board responsibilities » (SS5/16, mars 2016).

The Prudential Regulation Authority has published a policy statement and accompanying supervisory statement concerning the responsibilities of boards.

The purpose of this supervisory statement is to identify, for the boards1 of firms regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), those aspects of governance to which the PRA attaches particular importance and to which the PRA may devote particular attention in the course of its supervision. It is not intended to provide a comprehensive guide for boards of what constitutes good or effective governance. There are more general guidelines for that purpose, for example the UK Corporate Governance Code, published by the Financial Reporting Council.

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Ivan Tchotourian

Bonjour à toutes et à tous, The Takeover Panel britannique a lancé une consultation jusqu’au 15 avril 2016intitulé : « The communication and distribution of information during an offer » (PCP 2016/1).

In this Public Consultation Paper (« PCP »), the Code Committee of the Panel (the « Code Committee ») is proposing a number of amendments to the Takeover Code (the « Code ») with regard to the communication and distribution of information and opinions during an offer by, or on behalf of, an offeror or the offeree company.

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Ivan Tchotourian

Le gouvernement britannique vient de lancer une consultation jusqu’au 16 mars 2016 sur la transparence dans le domaine de l’écart de rémunération entre les sexes : « Open consultation – Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Reporting » (12 février 2016).

The government is seeking views on draft regulations that will increase transparency around the differences in pay between men and women.

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Ivan Tchotourian