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For companies holding annual meetings February 1, 2026 through September 15, 2026, ISS’s peer group submission window is now open, through 8 PM ET on Friday, November 21st. We anticipate Glass Lewis’s window will also open in the near future. During this period, companies can update their self-constructed compensation peer groups for use in proxy advisors’ upcoming executive pay assessments.
Absent a submission, both ISS and Glass Lewis will default to the peer group disclosed in the last definitive proxy.
ISS and Glass Lewis consider a company’s self-selected compensation peer group to be one of the key inputs in developing the peer groups that they each use to evaluate the alignment of the company’s executive compensation with its financial performance on both an absolute and relative basis. Both proxy advisors are looking for the most recent compensation peer group that informed fiscal 2025 pay decisions.
ISS and Glass Lewis Submission Window and Process
1) Expected Glass Lewis submission window (based on past precedent) – current window information not available on its website
Submission forms and additional information:
- ISS: Peer submission form available here; more information available here.
- Glass Lewis: More information available here; see Pay for Performance Methodology FAQ
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