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ARTICLE · 14 OCTOBER 2022

Main Changes For The Upcoming AGM Season Set By Proxy Advisors

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For the AGM season 2022, proxy advisors published their new guidelines for Swiss listed companies. We summarize the most important changes, for which Swiss listed companies will need to be prepared at their AGM.

SwitzerlandCorporate/Commercial Law
Annette Weber
Annette Weber
Thomas U. Reutter
Thomas U. Reutter
Rashid Bahar
Rashid Bahar
Daniel Raun
Daniel Raun

For the AGM season 2022, proxy advisors published their new guidelines for Swiss listed companies. We summarize the most important changes, for which Swiss listed companies will need to be prepared at their AGM.

1 INTRODUCTION

The annual general meeting season in 2021 was an extraordinary season because the general meetings were held in the absence of shareholder presence due to Covid-19 restrictions for the second time in a row. In contrast to 2020, however, the focus in 2021 shifted away from the uncertainties and challenges many Swiss listed companies faced because of the Covid-19 pandemic and was again on the main trends in corporate governance, which we expect will continue in 2022.

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