This post discusses recent SEC guidance regarding matters that must be submitted as a separate proposal to be voted on by shareholders of a target company seeking approval of a merger or acquisition. The SEC concludes that, in acquisitions where the target company shareholders are receiving stock of the acquiror, target shareholders, in addition to voting on the merger itself, must also separately approve any material amendments to the acquiror’s organizational documents that would substantively affect their rights as shareholders of the acquiror.
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