November 15, 2017 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
ISS Issues Reminder about Updating Peer Group Ahead of 2018 Proxy Season
Download a pdf of this article » Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) is inviting companies to update their self-constructed compensation peer groups in connection with its review of their executive compensation program during the 2018 proxy season. ISS considers a company’s self-selected compensation peer group to be one of the key inputs in developing the peer group that it uses to...Read MoreNovember 2, 2017 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
Director Compensation likely to be Target of ISS 2018 Policy Updates
Download a pdf of this article » As it does each fall, Institutional Shareholder Services has published a preview of some of its likely updates to its corporate governance policies for U.S. companies for the 2018 proxy season. Although it is not a comprehensive summary of all of the policy changes that may apply in 2018, the preview highlights a potentially significant item for the Boards of...Read MoreOctober 19, 2017 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
Employee Stock Plan Proposals at the Tech 150
Download a pdf of this article » As in each of the last six years, employee stock plan proposals were plentiful in the technology sector in 2017. This Thoughtful Pay Alert summarizes the results of our review of the definitive proxy materials filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission among 150 representative publicly-traded technology companies primarily headquartered in the San...Read MoreSeptember 25, 2017 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
Second Round of “Say on Frequency” Votes Show Sharp Increase in Annual Voting
Download a pdf of this article » Along with the now well-known shareholder advisory vote on named executive officer compensation (the “Say-on-Pay Vote”), the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act also introduced the shareholder advisory vote on the frequency of future Say-on-Pay votes (the “Say-on-Frequency Vote”). This latter vote requires public companies, at least once...Read MoreSeptember 11, 2017 Thoughtful Pay Alerts