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25 May 2010, 8:47 am
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25 May 2010, 7:32 am
KeyCorp, an Ohio-based banking firm, received 55 percent investor opposition during an advisory vote on executive compensation at its May 21 annual meeting.The company is the first participant in the U.S. government's Troubled Asset Relief Program to get majority dissent over its pay practices. [read post]
21 May 2010, 6:52 am
First, read this news from Ted Allen's RiskMetrics' Blog: After several weeks of debate, the U.S. [read post]
20 May 2010, 5:47 pm
After several weeks of debate, the U.S. [read post]
20 May 2010, 12:06 pm
Earlier today, Senate Democrats finally mustered enough votes to limit debate on Senator Christopher Dodd’s sweeping financial reform bill, clearing the way for a final vote on the 1,600-page legislation later this week. [read post]
18 May 2010, 7:33 am
Three Massey Energy directors were narrowly reelected at the coal-mining company’s annual meeting today amid a “vote no” campaign by labor and public pension funds over Massey’s safety record and corporate governance.After the meeting, Massey reported that the board members received support ranging from 55.1 to 57.8 percent, but the Richmond, Va. [read post]
17 May 2010, 2:01 pm
On Tuesday, Massey Energy investors will gather in Richmond, Virginia, to decide whether the company’s board needs new leadership after an explosion that killed 29 miners. [read post]
10 May 2010, 4:14 am
On Friday, Occidental Petroleum became the second U.S. company to fail to win majority support during a non-binding vote on its pay practices. [read post]
9 May 2010, 3:44 pm
If the nominee is Elena Kagan, then Mike Allen of Politico will go down as the reporter with the best information on the Administration’s thinking, bar none. [read post]
7 May 2010, 5:04 am
Note that some of the amendments do seek to strip proxy access and mandatory majority votes from the bill, as noted in Ted Allen's blog. [read post]
6 May 2010, 2:13 pm
Senator Thomas Carper, a Democrat from Delaware, introduced amendments May 6 that seek to remove the proxy access and majority voting provisions from Senator Christopher Dodd's financial reform bill, which is now being debated on the floor of the U.S. [read post]
6 May 2010, 4:33 am
- Ted reports that say-on-pay shareholder proposals received 51% support at EMC, a 47.9% vote at Johnson & Johnson, and 45.3% support at IBM. [read post]
4 May 2010, 1:15 pm
Motorola received just 46 percent support during an advisory vote on its executive pay practices, according to investors who attended the company’s May 3 annual meeting.The vote marks the first time that a U.S. company has failed to earn majority support from shareholders during a non-binding vote on compensation. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 12:47 pm
Since Apache Corp. prevailed in a closely watched court fight with activist John Chevedden in March, several companies have raised similar proof-of-ownership arguments to exclude shareholder proposals, but they have not persuaded the staff of the SEC's Corporation Finance Division.Devon Energy and Union Pacific both cited the Apache v. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 8:11 am
On Monday, there was 37.5 percent investor opposition (based on votes “for” and “against”) during an advisory vote on American Express’ pay practices, according to investors. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 4:52 am
Larry Ribstein describes how the SEC's Goldman case continues its war on "shorts" - and here is Larry's analysis on how the case is mutating - In his "SEC Actions" blog, Tom Gorman writes about "The SEC, the Goldman Case and Critics" - A former Goldman Sachs director is alleged to have tipped Galleon Group, touching Warren Buffett's investment in Goldman, as noted in this Reuters article Although things are moving so fast, that it's… [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 7:49 am
Proxy Season Preview: Takeover Defenses Here is something from RiskMetrics' Ted Allen: While board declassification and other proposals on takeover defenses typically get less media and investor attention than compensation-related resolutions, these resolutions appear likely to again receive the broadest level of investor support this season. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 10:29 am
Seven more large-cap firms have agreed to hold advisory votes on executive compensation, according to “say on pay” proponents. [read post]
3 Mar 2010, 10:41 am
The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission is allowing companies to omit a new AFL-CIO proposal that seeks to bar current or former CEOs from serving on the compensation committee. [read post]
24 Feb 2010, 12:44 pm
CVS Caremark and Wells Fargo this week joined the growing list of U.S. issuers that plan to hold advisory votes on executive compensation.CVS Caremark, the largest U.S. pharmacy chain, agreed to conduct an advisory vote after a “say on pay” proposal filed by the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds earned 61.6 percent support in 2009. [read post]
