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Briefings in English - 2012

The government has announced proposals that will make significant changes to the governance and disclosure of directors’ pay. Taken together, we think the proposals are pretty sensible, though their success depends on shareholders becoming more activist on director pay issues. But there is room for improvement – for example, having to boil down the value of each director’s package to one figure will grab a headline, but isn’t necessarily useful information for shareholders. Although the full details will not be available until the spring, this briefing summarises the proposals and our views on a number of the key issues. (January 2012)

Briefings in German - 2012

Die als Teil des Anlegerschutz- und Funktionsverbesserungsgesetz verschärften wertpapierhandelsrechtlichen Vorschriften zur Beteiligungstransparenz treten am 1. Februar 2012 in Kraft. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt gelten die erweiterten Mitteilungspflichten der neuen §§ 25, 25a WpHG für Finanzinstrumente und sonstige Instrumente. Nach § 41 Abs. 4d WpHG müssen Inhaber von Finanzinstrumenten oder sonstigen Instrumenten i. S. d. § 25a WpHG zum 1. Februar 2012 unter näher spezifizierten Voraussetzungen eine sogenannte Bestandsmitteilung abgeben; die Mitteilung muss unverzüglich, spätestens jedoch bis zum 13. März 2012 erfolgen. (Februar 2012)

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Freshfields advises Yum! on takeover of Little Sheep View

Freshfields advised Vita Group on the sale of its subsidiary ELIAN to the U.S. group A. Schulman View