October 23, 2020 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
ISS Issues FAQs on U.S. Compensation Policies and COVID-19 Pandemic
Download a pdf of this article » Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) has just published general guidance in the form of a series of Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) as to how ISS U.S. Benchmark Research may approach COVID-related pay decisions as part of its pay-for-performance qualitative evaluation. Given the highly disruptive and...Read MoreOctober 22, 2020 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
ISS Previews 2021 Policy Updates; No Current Revisions to Compensation-Related Policies
Download a pdf of this article » As it does each fall, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), the corporate governance advisory services firm, has published a preview of more than a dozen proposed voting policy changes for the 2021 proxy season across a number of different regional and market policies. This preview highlights three proposed updates for...Read MoreOctober 12, 2020 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
Equity Plan Proposals at the Tech 200
Download a pdf of this article » This Thoughtful Pay Alert summarizes our review of the equity plan proposals filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission among 200 representative public technology companies over the past year, approximately 50% of which are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area (the “Tech 200”). Prevalence of Equity Plan...Read MoreSeptember 24, 2020 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
Director Compensation Trends in the Technology Sector Over the Past Decade
Download a pdf of this article » It is a common impression that director compensation programs of publicly-traded technology companies are largely homogeneous – a cash retainer for general board service, additional cash retainers for board committee service, and an annual equity award. This structure is reflective of the purpose of these programs, which is to compensate directors with cash and...Read MoreJuly 21, 2020 Thoughtful Pay Alerts