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The European Commission Action Plan on Company Law and Corporate Governance 22 January 2013 European Commission Thierry Stoll Room, 2, Rue de Spa, 1000 Brussels (The Plan has EEA Relevance). Programme for the day. 9.15 Session 1 – Action Plan 10.30 Session 2 – Board Diversity
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The European Commission Action Plan on Company Law and Corporate Governance 22 January 2013 European Commission Thierry Stoll Room, 2, Rue de Spa, 1000 Brussels (The Plan has EEA Relevance)
Programme for the day 9.15 Session 1 – Action Plan 10.30 Session 2 – Board Diversity 11.00 Coffee 11.15 Session 3 – The Kay Review 12.30 Lunch 14.00 Session 4 – Bank Governance
Session 1 – The Action Plan Chaired by: Marco Becht Presenters: Pierre-Henri Conac, Joe McCahery
Session 2 – Diversity on Boards Chaired by: Karin Thorburn Presenters: Paolo Giudici, Maria Isabel SaezLacave
Session 3 – The Kay Review Chaired by: Julian Franks Presenters: Mike Burkart, Maria Gutiérrez Urtiaga, Stefano Lombardo, FaustoPanunzi, Theo Vermaelen
Session 4 – Bank Governance, Remuneration and Resolution Briefing: Tom Snels, DG Markt Session chaired by: Colin Mayer Presenters: Arturo Bris, Christoph Van der Elst, Holger Fleischer, Klaus Hopt, Peter Muelbert, AlessioPacces
Session 1 – The Action Plan Chaired by: Marco Becht Presenters: Pierre-Henri Conac, Joe McCahery
The Structure of the Plan • Introduction • Enhancing Transparency • Disclosure of board diversity and management of non-financial risk • Improving corporate governance reporting • Shareholder identification • Strengthening transparency rules for institutional investors • Engaging Shareholders • Better oversight of remuneration policies • Better oversight of related party transactions • Regulating Proxy Advisors • Employee share ownership • Cross-Border Company Law • Codification
Section 2 – Enhancing Transparency • Disclosure of board diversity and management of non-financial risk • Improving corporate governance reporting • Shareholder identification • Strengthening transparency rules for institutional investors
Section 3 – Engaging Shareholders • Better oversight of remuneration policies • Better oversight of related party transactions • Regulating Proxy Advisors • Employee share ownership
Section 4 – Improving the Framework for Cross-Border Operations • Transfer of seat • Improving the mechanism for cross-border mergers • Enabling cross-border divisions • Smart legal forms for European SMEs • Promoting and improving awareness of the European Company (SE) and the European Cooperative (SCE) Statutes • Groups of companies
Session 2 – Diversity on Boards Chaired by: Karin Thorburn Presenters: Paolo Giudici, Maria Isabel SaezLacave
Session 3 – The Kay Review Chaired by: Julian Franks Presenters: Mike Burkart, Maria Gutiérrez Urtiaga, Stefano Lombardo, FaustoPanunzi, Theo Vermaelen
Session 4 – Bank Governance, Remuneration and Resolution Briefing: Tom Snels, DG Markt Session chaired by: Colin Mayer Presenters: Arturo Bris, Christoph Van der Elst, Holger Fleischer, Klaus Hopt, Peter Muelbert, AlessioPacces