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ISS Issues FAQs on Equity Plan Scorecard

As reported in my October 24, 2014 post, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”), a leading proxy advisory firm, has adopted a new “scorecard” approach to evaluating public company equity compensation plans.  In a recent set of FAQs, ISS offers additional guidance on how it will apply the new scorecard when analyzing equity plan proposals made […]

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ISS Proposes New Approach to Evaluating Equity Compensation Plans

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”), a leading proxy advisory firm, recently proposed a new “scorecard” approach to evaluating public company equity plans (the “Equity Plan Scorecard”).  Under the new approach, ISS will recommend a “for” or “against” vote based on a company’s Equity Plan Scorecard.  Pursuant to the proposal, a company’s Equity Plan Scorecard score […]

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