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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Executive Compensation
| Tagged change in control, compensation, discretion, Glass Lewis, incetnvei plans, ISS, proxy, shareholder
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Qualified Retirement Plans
| Tagged 2020, Glass Lewis, guideline update, ISS, problematic pay practices, Proxy voting
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Yet Another Reason to Focus on Director Pay
We have previously encouraged our readers to focus on the size of their director pay packages and the processes their boards undertake in setting director compensation. Prior focus on these issues was recommended largely as a way to mitigate the … Continue reading
Posted in Executive Compensation
| Tagged compensation, director, director pay, Institutional Shareholder Services, ISS
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Say on Pay Failure Results 2017
Of the 7% of Russell 3000 companies that received “against” vote recommendations from ISS on their say on pay proposals this 2017 proxy season, some of the cited reasons for the negative vote recommendations from ISS consisted of the following: … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation
| Tagged corporate governance, governance, ISS, performance, problematic pay practice, proxy, Say on Pay, severance payments
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation
| Tagged Equity Plan Scorecard, equity-based compensation, Institutional Shareholder Services, ISS, Section 162(m)
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ISS Offers New Equity Compensation Plan Data Verification Portal
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”), a leading proxy advisory firm, recently launched a new data verification portal to assist it in verifying the information it uses in evaluating public company equity compensation plans. Public companies that file their proxy statements … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation
| Tagged equity-based compensation, Executive Compensation, ISS, verification portal
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