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Compensation policies aim to satisfy shareholders
Compensation is sure to be among the biggest issues during this year’s proxy season. True, there aren’t a lot of new disclosure requirements boards need to worry about right now. There...
Evaluating Dodd-Frank "say on pay" requirement
Recall that the Dodd-Frank Act required public companies to hold say on pay votes on compensation packages of the top executives and golden parachutes. These votes, while non-binding, generated a lot
Mobile proxy voting now possible
It's no secret that investors big and small tend to be less than diligent when it comes to voting their shares in proxy season. You would think investors would be more willing to vote if the process
Small companies win say-on-pay reprieve
For small companies, the drama over the SEC's say-on-pay requirement is starting to resemble the commotion over Section 404(b) of Sarbanes-Oxley. The SEC voted to adopt the much-discussed say-on-pay
Pay to be a huge issue at annual meetings
We've noted the proxy season this year will be notable forsay-on-pay votes at many companies. Recall that Section 951 of Dodd-Frank requires say-on-pay votes at least every three years. According to
More shareholder votes to approve auditors
It was big news when the SEC ( SEC news) ruled that broker-dealers could no longer vote on behalf of the customers whose shares it held "in street name." That was designed to boost the corporate
Proxy process going paperless; printed annual shareholder report doomed?
While most companies are embracing technology when it comes to their GRC ( governance, risk and compliance news) processes, the proxy process and annual meetings remain a low-tech, manually-driven
Shareholder meetings only a bit ugly
We've been wondering if we were going to see some real fireworks at annual shareholder meetings this year. So far, we haven't been disappointed. Bank of America shareholders stripped Ken Lewis of his
Are boards any better, post-Sarbox?
It's proxy season folks, and some of you might be expecting some fireworks. Citigroup's meeting was certainly exciting, though investor advocates did not prevail on any resolutions. We'll likely see
Director pay: An overblown issue?
You know that directors are nervous when they start cutting their own pay, which is exactly what has happened on many top boards as of late, notes a commentary in the Wall Street Journal. The article
