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Chancery Presses Pause On $450M Bolt Financial Financing

Law 360

Affiliates of multinational investors Hedosophia and Blackrock won a Delaware Court of Chancery pause of a purported Bolt Financial Inc. 450 million equity financing that would eliminate and replace all the company's preferred stock while returning founder Ryan Breslow to his CEO seat.

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BlackRock Taps Ex-SEC Division Head To Run External Affairs

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Investment management company BlackRock Inc. said Thursday it has hired the former director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management as a senior managing director and head of external affairs.

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Group Offers Automatic Proxy Voting Service On ESG Issues

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Until now general counsel worried if BlackRock Inc. or some other big investor group would vote its bloc of shares against a company's position, especially on the increasing number of shareholder resolutions dealing with ESG issues. Now there's a new bloc of voters to watch – the individual ones.

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The SEC Approves Nasdaq’s Rule Requiring Companies to Disclose Board-Level Diversity (or Lack Thereof)

The Fashion Law

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has given the green-light to a proposal from Nasdaq that will refashion the public disclosure requirements for companies listed on the stock exchange. Specifically, Rule 5605(f) generally requires companies listed on Nasdaq’s U.S.

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Prompted by Advisers, Shareholders Voting Nay on Say on Pay

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With prominent proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis balking at what ISS termed “significantly problematic” compensation for two key 3M executives, 54% of shareholders’ votes came down against the “Say on Pay” measure at this month’s annual company meeting. and Norfolk Southern Corp.

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Equitybee Adds Ex-BlackRock VP As New Compliance Head

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Equitybee Securities LLC, an affiliate of Equitybee Inc., a company focused on startup employee stock options, says it has brought on a CEO and chief compliance officer with experience at BlackRock Inc. and other investment organizations.

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Red States Ask FERC To Block BlackRock Utility Share Grabs

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Republican state attorneys general continued their crusade against environmental, social and governance-related investment measures Wednesday by asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to block BlackRock Inc. from acquiring public utilities unless the investment company backs out of certain ESG-related climate agreements.