Securities Regulation Compliance

We currently advise numerous publicly traded companies on securities law compliance matters. In addition, we provide the following services:

• Assist clients with their ongoing obligations under the SEC’s periodic reporting system
• Advise executives and boards of directors of publicly held clients about their ongoing obligations under the federal securities laws, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, stock exchange rules and corporate law developmentsManage sensitive disclosure issues
• Prepare proxy statements
• Handle stockholder meetings

Many of KMK’s M&A and Securities attorneys have been recognized in their fields, as evidenced by the summary listing.

Representative Clients

• American Financial Group, Inc.
• Cintas Corporation
• Fifth Third Bank
• Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc.
• Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation
• Kendle International Inc.
• Meridian Bioscience, Inc.
• Meritage Hospitality Group Inc.
• The Midland Company

Events

• Securities Law Update, Cincinnati Bar Association, November 12, 2009
• Regulation D Update, Ohio Securities Conference, October 23, 2009
• Key Issues Facing Boards of Directors: Challenges of Securities Regulation, Risk Management & Liability, Directors Roundtable, August 19, 2009

Publications

• LEGAL ALERT: Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Proxy Access, August 27, 2010
• Financial Reform Act Triggers Significant New Executive Compensation Requirements, July 21, 2010
• U.S. Senate Passes Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, June 2, 2010
• SEC Approves Proxy Disclosure Enhancements, December 17, 2009
• Effective and Pending Initiatives for the Upcoming Proxy Season, October 28, 2009
• Panel: SEC Proposals Overreaction to Financial Crisis, Cincinnati Business Courier, August 21, 2009
• Comment Letter to Securities and Exchange Commission on Proposal on Proxy Access, August 17, 2009
• Legal Alert: SEC Approves NYSE Proposal on Broker Discretionary Voting, July 7, 2009
• Legal Alert: 2009 SEC and Other Initiatives Under Consideration, June 1, 2009
• 2009 Executive Compensation Issues and Disclosures Recent Developments in Advance Notice Provisions Reminder About E-Proxy, January 6, 2009
• The Bylaw Groundswell: Advance Notice Provisions in the Wake of CSX, November 2008 Insights; The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Volume 22 Number 11, December 15, 2008
• Loopholes Provide Activist Securityholders Unfair Advantages in Takeover Contests; How Targets Can Fight Back, Corporation by Aspen Publishers, August 1, 2008, Lexis Nexis Corporate and Securities Webcenter for Expert Commentaries, July 25, 2008
• Perils of Ambiguous Advance Notice Provisions, Lexis Nexis Corporate and Securities Webcenter for Expert Commentaries, July 25, 2008