SEC Exempts “Foreign Issuer” From Filing a Preliminary Proxy Statement for Routine Proposals Required Under Foreign Law
On January 31, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a no-action letter to Schlumberger Ltd. (“Schlumberger” or “the Company”), permitting the Company not to file a preliminary proxy statement under Rule 14a-6(a) when the only matters to be acted upon by stockholders at the Company’s annual meeting were either specifically excluded from the filing requirements by Rule 14a-6(a) or were certain ordinary and routine matters required to be submitted for stockholder approval under Curaçao law on an annual basis.