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Shareholder Communications Coalition:
Request to the SEC for Extension on File No. S7-10-09.06 30 09
"Facilitating Shareholder Director Nominations"

Memos on the Financial Reforms Proposed by President Obama
Cleary Gottlieb and Wolters Kluwer weigh-in on what to expect. (On our Members Intranet.)

Deloitte: Global Outlook - 1st Quarter 2009
The global economy has stabilized somewhat — albeit at a low and declining level. Stability implies a lack of near daily shocks. It does not imply good times. (On our Members Intranet.)

SEC Posts Proxy Access Proposal
Comments due around August 15, 2009. Click here for proposal -- this links to the SEC site and will open in a separate window.

Society Announces Relationship with The Directors' Network
Society members will now have access to customized director-education programs from The Directors' Network at a specially discounted price. Please click here for more information.

BENCHMARKING SURVEYS:

• Board Roles: CEO, Chairman, Lead Independent Directors — NEW
  (On our Members Intranet.)
• Board of Directors: Self-Assessments — NEW
  (On our Members Intranet.)
• Shareholder Forums & Outreach
  (On our Members Intranet.)
• Minute Books: Going Paperless?
  (On our Members Intranet.)
• Transfer Agent Indemnity
  (On our Members Intranet.)
• Enterprise Risk Management
  (On our Members Intranet.)
• Annual Meetings Survey - 2009 (In our Nuts & Bolts section.)
• CEO/Chairman - Board Evaluations (In our Nuts & Bolts section.)
• Board Materials - Distribution on Portable Storage Devices (In our Nuts & Bolts section.)
• Board Meetings - Timing (In our Nuts & Bolts section.)
• Compliance Committees (On our Members Intranet.)
• Board Committee Members - Rotation Policy (In our Nuts & Bolts section.)
• Shareholder Proposals - John Chevedden Strikes Again (On our Shareholders Proposal Network.)
• Audit Committee Review Process (In our Nuts & Bolts section.)

Speech by SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro to the Council of Institutional Investors on April 6, 2009 on SEC website

RULE 452
The Society's Comment Letter to the SEC on Rule 452
NIRI's Letter & Shareholder Communications Coalition's Letter

LEGAL MEMOS (On our Members Intranet):
Cleary Gottlieb - Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Director Protection in M&A Transactions

Proposed Amendments to Delaware General Corporation Law 
Memos from O'Melveny & Meyers, Katten Muchin Rosenman, and Potter Anderson & Corroon. (On our Members Intranet.) 

The Society Visits the NYSE Society member Spencer Smul of Estée Lauder (center in photo at right) rings The Closing Bell® on 02/24/2009 with Society President David W. Smith and members of the New York Chapter. Click here to see the video — opens in a new window.

RSS Feeds: Member Discussion Boards
Click here to learn how to "subscribe" to RSS feeds from our Discussion Boards — then anytime a member posts something on a board, you'll be notified.

Of Continuing Interest.........