Thoughtful Pay Alerts

ISS Updates FAQs on U.S. Compensation Policies and Covid-Related Pay Decisions For 2022 Proxy Season

Download a pdf of this article » Following the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) published guidance during the year on the impacts of the pandemic, including general guidance in October 2020 in the form of a series of Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) as to how ISS would analyze COVID-related pay decisions as part of its...Read More

ISS Publishes Compensation and Equity Plan FAQs and Burn Rate Tables for 2022 Proxy Season

Download a pdf of this article »  Just prior to the holidays, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) has published several supplemental documents that elaborate on its U.S. executive compensation benchmark policy guidelines for 2022. These documents include FAQs for both its U.S. compensation and equity plan policies (including updated equity...Read More

ISS Issues 2022 Benchmark Voting Policy Updates

Download a pdf of this article » On December 7, 2021, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) announced the updates to its U.S. benchmark voting policy guidelines for the 2022 proxy season. As we noted last month when ISS first disclosed its proposed policy changes (see our Thoughtful Pay Alert, ISS Issues 2022 Draft Policy Updates; Board Diversity, Multi-Class Stock Structures and...Read More

Glass Lewis Publishes Updates to 2022 U.S. Voting Policy Guidelines

Download a pdf of this article » Glass Lewis & Co., Inc. has published updates to its voting policy guidelines for U.S. companies for the 2022 proxy season. In addition to clarifying a handful of their existing executive compensation policies, the majority of the updates cover policies related to the composition of the Board of Directors, environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”)...Read More

SEC to Take Up Compensation Recovery (“Clawback”) Disclosure Requirement

Download a pdf of this article » On October 14, 2021, the SEC announced that it was reopening the comment period on its proposed rules directing the national securities exchanges to amend their listing standards to require public companies to adopt and disclose their written clawback policy to maintain their listing status. The SEC is seeking further comment and analysis on both the original...Read More