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SEC Filings Appended to SPD Are Subject to Fiduciary Standards in Sixth Circuit Stock Drop Case (PDF)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Sept. 7, 2012 "ERISA requires the issuance of an SPD, but does not require the incorporation of a company's SEC filings into the SPD.... Defendants exercised discretion in choosing to incorporate the filings into the Plan's SPD as a direct source of information for Plan participants about the financial health of Fifth Third and the value of its stock, an investment option in the Plan.... The SPD is a fiduciary communication to plan participants and selecting the information to convey through the SPD is a fiduciary activity. Moreover, whether the fiduciary states information in the SPD itself or incorporates by reference another document containing that information is of no moment. To hold otherwise would authorize fiduciaries to convey misleading or patently untrue information through documents incorporated by reference, all while safely insulated from ERISA's governing reach." MORE >> |
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