Employee Benefits Blog

Time to Consider Option Repricings?

Given recent declines in equity value in a variety of segments of the economy (technology in particular), a number of clients have asked us what levers are available for retaining talent.  While they are rare and while we might be too early in the economic cycle for them, stock option repricings remain a possible tool […]

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Updated Glass Lewis Proxy Voting Guidelines

I previously blogged about certain compensation related updates to ISS’ proxy voting guidelines for 2020.  With proxy season in full swing, I wanted to highlight some important compensation related changes to the Glass Lewis 2020 voting guidelines, a full copy of which can be found here. Contractual Payments and Arrangements. In their 2020 guidelines, Glass […]

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ISS Expands List of Egregious Equity Plan Factors

As reported in prior blogs, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”), a leading proxy advisory firm, uses a proprietary “Equity Plan Scorecard” approach to evaluate public company equity compensation plans and will recommend a “for” or “against” vote depending on a combination of plan features, plan cost, company grant practices, etc.  Last week ISS issued its […]

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