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16 Feb 2012, 11:39 am
Please join ISS on Thursday, Feb. 23, for a webinar that previews the spring 2012 proxy season in the United States and Canada. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 5:01 am
As Ted Allen has noted over at ISS, at least two companies so far have agreed to either adopt or submit to shareholders (with a supporting recommendation from management) an access proposal. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 8:27 am
A coalition of corporate organizations has asked the U.S. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 1:58 pm
While say-on-pay votes are non-binding in the United States, they are prodding some companies to make significant improvements to their executive pay practices. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 4:28 pm
Supplement: Corporate attorney Claudia Allen prepared a study of Delaware forum selection clauses in charters and bylaws that is available via a post by Professor Bainbridge here. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 7:20 am
In a significant development, Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to put a proxy access bylaw proposal on its ballot in 2013. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 11:09 am
Jacobs Engineering Group, which was the first S&P 500 company in 2011 to report a failed say-on-pay vote, received more than 96 percent support (based on shares present) for its compensation practices at its Jan. 26 annual meeting, according to a company filing. [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 9:05 am
Now that Western Union has proposed to adopt proxy access, will other U.S. companies do the same? [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 2:10 pm
Allen Ann Bartow Kristin Eschenfelder Edward Felten Ian Kerr Jaron Lanier Paul Ohm Hector Postigo Ted Striphas Valerie Steeves Michael Zimmer In the meanwhile, get your copy of the book and mark your calendars! [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 1:54 pm
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), the second-largest U.S. public pension fund, has released a report, "Lessons Learned: the Inaugural Year of Say-on-Pay," that details its experience during the first year of marketwide U.S. advisory votes in 2011. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 6:49 am
“Private ordering” continues to prompt change. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 8:54 am
ISS has partnered with eSecLending to launch a new service called ProxyValue™, which is designed to help institutional investors maximize income generated from the lending of securities while ensuring that proxy voting fiduciary duties are met. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 8:23 am
The New York Stock Exchange has taken a new position on “broker votes” that will make it more difficult for some U.S. companies to get shareholder approval for management proposals to declassify their boards or to repeal supermajority rules. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 12:54 pm
In what may be the first failed say-on-pay vote of 2012, Actuant Corp. reported that it did not receive majority support for its executive compensation practices at its Jan. 10 annual meeting. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 12:55 pm
A coalition of activist investors has filed 40 shareholder proposals that ask U.S. companies to disclose their direct and indirect lobbying expenses. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 10:57 am
Carol Bowie, head of executive compensation research at ISS, has posted a commentary on ISS' new pay-for-performance methodology on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 1:36 pm
In response to a shareholder proposal, KSW has adopted a proxy access bylaw that requires investors to hold at least a 5 percent stake for one year to nominate board candidates. [read post]
17 Jan 2012, 6:29 am
With the U.S. presidential primary season underway, the topic of corporate political activities is receiving even greater attention from investors. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 8:23 am
Are you following the Sino-Forest securities class action case? [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 12:48 pm
American Defense Systems, a North Carolina-based micro-cap firm that trades over the counter, reported that it failed to get majority support for its compensation practices at the company's Dec. 30 meeting. [read post]
