F. Mark Reuter

Mark Reuter advocates for business clients in transactions, proceedings and conflicts regulated by federal and state securities laws and stock exchange rules. A partner in the firm’s business representation and transactions group, Mark has extensive experience representing publicly traded and privately owned clients in strategic transactions, executive compensation and equity arrangements, corporate governance, reporting, internal investigations, and administrative actions. Mark regularly advises management, boards and their committees, and other stakeholders in mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, investment grade and convertible debt offerings, tender offers, private placements, proxy solicitations, and issues arising under the Dodd-Frank Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and state corporate law.Mark represents American Financial Group, Inc., AtriCure, Inc., Fifth Third Bancorp, Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc., Indiepub Entertainment, Inc., Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation, LSI Industries Inc., Meridian Bioscience, Inc., and Multi-Color Corporation. NewsKeating Muething & Klekamp Named a 2013 Leading Law Firm by Chambers USAForty-Six Keating Muething & Klekamp Attorneys Recognized in 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising StarsKeating Muething & Klekamp Is Named the Top-Listed Law Firm in Ohio and Cincinnati in Numerous Areas of Law by The Best Lawyers in America 2013Keating Muething & Klekamp Advises Multi-Color Corporation in Connection With Its $356 Million Acquisition of York Label GroupSpeaking EngagementsSecurities Law Update, Cincinnati Bar Association, November 12, 2009Key Issues Facing Boards of Directors: Challenges of Securities Regulation, Risk Management & Liability, Directors Roundtable, August 19, 2009Professional Responsibilities of Securities Lawyers, University of Cincinnati College of Law, Aprill 22, 2009 (panelist)Considerations for Public Companies Weathering the Current Market Downturn, Cincinnati Bar Association, March 12, 2009Corporate Investigations: The Developing Rule of In-House Counsel, Keating Muething & Klekamp Seminar, December 12, 2007The Nuts and Bolts of Drafting and Negotiating the Acquisition Agreement, National Business Institute, August 22, 2007PublicationsLegal Alert: SEC Approves NYSE and Nasdaq Compensation Committee Independence and Consultant Requirements, January 18, 2013Nasdaq and NYSE Propose Rules on Compensation Committee and Adviser Independence, October 2, 2012Legal Alert: FASB Removes Loss Contingency Disclosure Project from Agenda, July 10, 2012Legal Alert: JOBS Act Relaxes Rules for Raising Capital, April 2, 2012ISS Announces GRId 2.0 and Publishes 2012 Pay-for-Performance Whitepaper, December 21, 2011Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Say-on-Pay, January 27, 2011Legal Alert: Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Proxy Access, August 27, 2010Financial Reform Act Triggers Significant New Executive Compensation Requirements, July 21, 2010U.S. Senate Passes Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, June 2, 2010Keeping Current: Securities, Business Law Today, January 2010SEC Approves Proxy Disclosure Enhancements, December 17, 2009Effective and Pending Initiatives for the Upcoming Proxy Season, October 28, 2009Comment Letter to Securities and Exchange Commission on Proposal on Proxy Access, August 17, 2009Legal Alert: SEC Approves NYSE Proposal on Broker Discretionary Voting, July 7, 2009Legal Alert: 2009 SEC and Other Initiatives Under Consideration, June 1, 20092009 Executive Compensation Issues and Disclosures Recent Developments in Advance Notice Provisions Reminder About E-Proxy, January 6, 2009The Bylaw Groundswell: Advance Notice Provisions in the Wake of CSX, November 2008 Insights; The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Volume 22 Number 11, December 15, 2008Annual Report to the Commission - Form 10-K, Securities Law Techniques, November 2008Registration Under the Exchange Act, Securities Law Techniques, November 2008Loopholes 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, 2008Perils of Ambiguous Advance Notice Provisions, Lexis Nexis Corporate and Securities Webcenter for Expert Commentaries, July 25, 2008Comments to the Financial Accounting Standards Board on proposed amendments to FASB Statement No. 5, July 30, 2008Significant 2006 Amendments to Ohio Business Organization Statutes, Corporation by Aspen Publishers, October 9, 2006Mentioned & QuotedINC Research Agrees to Acquire Kendle International for $232 Million, CorporateLiveWire.com, June 6, 2011INC Research to Acquire Kendle International for $15.25 per Share in Cash, Bloomberg Businessweek [www.investing.businessweek.com], May 5, 2011E-Proxy Disclosures: Do Tinkered Rules Let Institutions Rule?, Westlaw Business Currents, February 11, 2010Panel: SEC Proposals Overreaction to Financial Crisis, Cincinnati Business Courier, August 21, 2009Some Top Cincinnati Executives Put Money Where Mouth Is by Buying Own Firms' Stock, Cincinnati Business Courier, March 6, 2009, Cincinnati Business CourierThe Pulse, Mergers & Acquisitions, November 2008, Mergers & AcquisitionsCounsel Wins Battle in War Over Accounting, The National Law Journal, October 13, 2008, The National Law JournalProfessional & Community InvolvementBannockburn Securities, Advisory BoardCincinnati Bar Association, Ethics & Professional Responsibility CommitteeOhio State Bar Association, Corporation Law CommitteeSummit Country Day School, Board of Trustees

Mark Reuter advocates for business clients in transactions, proceedings and conflicts regulated by federal and state securities laws and stock exchange rules. A partner in the firm’s business representation and transactions group, Mark has extensive experience representing publicly traded and privately owned clients in strategic transactions, executive compensation and equity arrangements, corporate governance, reporting, internal investigations, and administrative actions. Mark regularly advises management, boards and their committees, and other stakeholders in mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, investment grade and convertible debt offerings, tender offers, private placements, proxy solicitations, and issues arising under the Dodd-Frank Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and state corporate law.Mark represents American Financial Group, Inc., AtriCure, Inc., Fifth Third Bancorp, Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc., Indiepub Entertainment, Inc., Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation, LSI Industries Inc., Meridian Bioscience, Inc., and Multi-Color Corporation. NewsKeating Muething & Klekamp Named a 2013 Leading Law Firm by Chambers USAForty-Six Keating Muething & Klekamp Attorneys Recognized in 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising StarsKeating Muething & Klekamp Is Named the Top-Listed Law Firm in Ohio and Cincinnati in Numerous Areas of Law by The Best Lawyers in America 2013Keating Muething & Klekamp Advises Multi-Color Corporation in Connection With Its $356 Million Acquisition of York Label GroupSpeaking EngagementsSecurities Law Update, Cincinnati Bar Association, November 12, 2009Key Issues Facing Boards of Directors: Challenges of Securities Regulation, Risk Management & Liability, Directors Roundtable, August 19, 2009Professional Responsibilities of Securities Lawyers, University of Cincinnati College of Law, Aprill 22, 2009 (panelist)Considerations for Public Companies Weathering the Current Market Downturn, Cincinnati Bar Association, March 12, 2009Corporate Investigations: The Developing Rule of In-House Counsel, Keating Muething & Klekamp Seminar, December 12, 2007The Nuts and Bolts of Drafting and Negotiating the Acquisition Agreement, National Business Institute, August 22, 2007PublicationsLegal Alert: SEC Approves NYSE and Nasdaq Compensation Committee Independence and Consultant Requirements, January 18, 2013Nasdaq and NYSE Propose Rules on Compensation Committee and Adviser Independence, October 2, 2012Legal Alert: FASB Removes Loss Contingency Disclosure Project from Agenda, July 10, 2012Legal Alert: JOBS Act Relaxes Rules for Raising Capital, April 2, 2012ISS Announces GRId 2.0 and Publishes 2012 Pay-for-Performance Whitepaper, December 21, 2011Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Say-on-Pay, January 27, 2011Legal Alert: Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Proxy Access, August 27, 2010Financial Reform Act Triggers Significant New Executive Compensation Requirements, July 21, 2010U.S. Senate Passes Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, June 2, 2010Keeping Current: Securities, Business Law Today, January 2010SEC Approves Proxy Disclosure Enhancements, December 17, 2009Effective and Pending Initiatives for the Upcoming Proxy Season, October 28, 2009Comment Letter to Securities and Exchange Commission on Proposal on Proxy Access, August 17, 2009Legal Alert: SEC Approves NYSE Proposal on Broker Discretionary Voting, July 7, 2009Legal Alert: 2009 SEC and Other Initiatives Under Consideration, June 1, 20092009 Executive Compensation Issues and Disclosures Recent Developments in Advance Notice Provisions Reminder About E-Proxy, January 6, 2009The Bylaw Groundswell: Advance Notice Provisions in the Wake of CSX, November 2008 Insights; The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Volume 22 Number 11, December 15, 2008Annual Report to the Commission - Form 10-K, Securities Law Techniques, November 2008Registration Under the Exchange Act, Securities Law Techniques, November 2008Loopholes 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, 2008Perils of Ambiguous Advance Notice Provisions, Lexis Nexis Corporate and Securities Webcenter for Expert Commentaries, July 25, 2008Comments to the Financial Accounting Standards Board on proposed amendments to FASB Statement No. 5, July 30, 2008Significant 2006 Amendments to Ohio Business Organization Statutes, Corporation by Aspen Publishers, October 9, 2006Mentioned & QuotedINC Research Agrees to Acquire Kendle International for $232 Million, CorporateLiveWire.com, June 6, 2011INC Research to Acquire Kendle International for $15.25 per Share in Cash, Bloomberg Businessweek [www.investing.businessweek.com], May 5, 2011E-Proxy Disclosures: Do Tinkered Rules Let Institutions Rule?, Westlaw Business Currents, February 11, 2010Panel: SEC Proposals Overreaction to Financial Crisis, Cincinnati Business Courier, August 21, 2009Some Top Cincinnati Executives Put Money Where Mouth Is by Buying Own Firms' Stock, Cincinnati Business Courier, March 6, 2009, Cincinnati Business CourierThe Pulse, Mergers & Acquisitions, November 2008, Mergers & AcquisitionsCounsel Wins Battle in War Over Accounting, The National Law Journal, October 13, 2008, The National Law JournalProfessional & Community InvolvementBannockburn Securities, Advisory BoardCincinnati Bar Association, Ethics & Professional Responsibility CommitteeOhio State Bar Association, Corporation Law CommitteeSummit Country Day School, Board of Trustees

Mark Reuter advocates for business clients in transactions, proceedings and conflicts regulated by federal and state securities laws and stock exchange rules. A partner in the firm’s business representation and transactions group, Mark has extensive experience representing publicly traded and privately owned clients in strategic transactions, executive compensation and equity arrangements, corporate governance, reporting, internal investigations, and administrative actions. Mark regularly advises management, boards and their committees, and other stakeholders in mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, investment grade and convertible debt offerings, tender offers, private placements, proxy solicitations, and issues arising under the Dodd-Frank Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and state corporate law.

Mark represents American Financial Group, Inc., AtriCure, Inc., Fifth Third Bancorp, Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc., Indiepub Entertainment, Inc., Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation, LSI Industries Inc., Meridian Bioscience, Inc., and Multi-Color Corporation.