November 17, 2014

The Shareholder-Director Exchange (SDX) Hosts Inaugural Symposium on Shareholder- Director Engagement to Further Advance Growing Governance Movement

Ideas and proposed solutions from the Symposium will be used to collectively inform the next phase of SDX’s work

Companies can now endorse the SDX Protocol, or more generally – a formal policy for engagement – through the SDX website at www.sdxprotocol.com

NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Shareholder-Director Exchange (SDX) Working Group and Founders – Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; Teneo; and Tapestry Networks – hosted the inaugural SDX Symposium at the Harvard Club in New York City on Friday, November 14, 2014. The event convened a group of leaders across various disciplines to engage in a candid discussion on the importance of shareholder-director engagement in corporate governance. Attendees included a distinguished group of CEOs, directors, and representatives from institutional investors and academic institutions.