HR 2795 · 118th Congress · Finance and Financial Sector

Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act

Introduced 2023-04-24· Sponsored by Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.(2023-05-31)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2023-05-30
Roll #239
Yea 347Nay 30
Democrats
178 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
169 Yea·30 Nay
PassedHouse · 2023-05-30
Roll #239
Yea 347Nay 30
Democrats
178 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
169 Yea·30 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act This bill requires issuers of securities with multi-class share structures to disclose certain information in any proxy solicitation or consent solicitation material. A multi-class share structure occurs when a company issues two or more classes of shares that have different voting rights. For example, a company may issue one class of shares with no or few voting rights for the public, and another class with more voting rights for company founders and executives. Under the bill, the issuer must disclose certain information about each director, director nominee, named executive officer, and each beneficial owner of securities with 5% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of securities entitled to vote in the election of directors. Specifically, the issuer must disclose (1) the number of shares of all classes of securities entitled to vote in the election of directors beneficially owned by such person, and (2) the amount of voting power held by such person.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

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H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act

May 30, 2023

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 26, 2023

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H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act

May 30, 2023

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 26, 2023

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office