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10 Mar 2012, 12:21 pm by ebcarpenter
Ted Jackson, The Times-PicayuneFamily members protest in front of NOPD headquarters during a news conference Thursday concerning the shooting of Wendell Allen. [read post]
24 May 2011, 1:32 pm by Ted Allen
The board at HSN has refused to accept the resignation of a director who received less than majority support from investors. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 10:29 am by Ted Allen
Seven more large-cap firms have agreed to hold advisory votes on executive compensation, according to “say on pay” proponents. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 1:01 pm by Ted Allen
Earlier today, Senator Scott Brown, a Republican from Massachusetts, said he would support the latest version of the financial regulatory reform bill. [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 10:15 am by RiskMetrics Group Blog Team
The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to delay a final vote on proxy access until 2010, Bloomberg News reported today. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 11:22 am by Ted Allen
As expected, the U.S. financial reform bill won't include a requirement for companies to have a majority voting threshold in uncontested board elections.Rep. [read post]
27 May 2011, 7:18 am by Ted Allen
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters, a long-time advocate of majority voting bylaws, has asked the U.S. [read post]
14 Mar 2012, 2:22 pm by Ted Allen
During the second year of say-on-pay votes, institutional investors and their proxy advisers are prompting more companies to improve their CEO pay practices, according to a new report by the Conference Board, the NASDAQ OMX Group, and Stanford University's Rock Center for Corporate Governance. [read post]
6 Dec 2010, 1:35 pm by Ted Allen
The first U.S. proxy statements with a mandatory “say on pay” vote and a separate vote on the frequency of future votes were filed on Monday and provide an early look at how companies will address “say when on pay” votes during the 2011 proxy season.Under the Dodd-Frank Act, companies must hold an advisory vote on compensation at their first shareholder meeting on or after Jan. 21, 2011, and ask investors to indicate whether they prefer annual, biennial, or triennial votes. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 3:40 pm by Ted Allen
A shareholder proposal seeking an investor vote on future “golden parachute” arrangements earned 57.8 percent support (based on votes cast “for” and “against”) at the May 27 annual meeting of Lowe’s Companies.The proposal was filed by the Trowel Trades S&P 500 Index Fund, which is seeking a vote on future severance arrangements that would provide benefits that exceed 2.99 times the sum of the executive’s base salary plus bonus. [read post]
7 Nov 2011, 6:16 am by Ted Allen
Today is the final day to comment on ISS' draft benchmark proxy voting policies for the 2012 proxy season. [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 8:27 am by Ted Allen
Investors at two more S&P 500 firms--Costco Wholesale and Johnson Controls--have defied management and backed annual advisory votes on compensation.At Costco’s Jan. 27 annual meeting, there was a 52.8 percent support for an annual advisory vote, outpacing the 43.5 percent vote for management’s choice of a triennial frequency. [read post]
29 Nov 2011, 6:51 am by Ted Allen
As you prepare for the 2012 proxy season, please join ISS for two informative webinars on December 6 and December 7 on the updates to ISS' benchmark proxy voting policies for Europe and the United States. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 7:28 am
My top ten Senate races are listed here, and if you can spend some money on getting the Senate back into responsible hands this weekend, visit the site and in a couple of minutes you can find and support the most... [read post]
10 Aug 2007, 7:50 am
Former Brocade Communications CEO Gregory Reyes, the first executive to go on trial for backdating stock options, was convicted Aug. 7 on 10 felony counts, including securities fraud, conspiracy, and filing false financial statements. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 11:55 am by Ted Allen
The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) released a report today that addresses how institutional investors approached “say on pay” votes during the spring 2011 U.S. proxy season. [read post]