Rescission of Rule 14a-8's Federal Regulation of Shareholder Proposals and Amendments to Rule 14a-4

The record

Publisher

Federal Register

Agency

Securities and Exchange Commission

Source

Federal Register

Kind

Federal Register: proposed rule

Jurisdiction

United States

Topics

Financial regulation

Importance

Headline, the top of three tiers Kresmion sets by fixed rules from the source's own fields

Published (source time)

2026-09-21 (the source gives a date only)

First seen on Kresmion

2026-10-26 18:24 UTC

The original

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Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov). U.S. government work, public domain.

The publisher's summary

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is proposing to rescind Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and leave determinations about the role of shareholder proposals to State law and company governing documents. The Commission also is proposing to amend Rule 14a-4 under the Exchange Act to expand the circumstances under which a company may exercise, with respect to proxies it receives, discretionary voting authority on proposals that will be presented at a shareholder meeting but not included in the company's proxy materials. At the same time, the proposed amendments to Rule 14a-4 would provide shareholders with the means to elect to prevent the company from exercising such authority with respect to their individual shares.

The publisher's words, as published.

Federal Register document

Document number

2026-19260

Document type

Proposed Rule

Significant

Yes

Status

Published