For most companies 2011 was the first year for say-on-pay. The good news is that most emerged from the process unscathed. Only a relative handful (38 of the Russell 3000, including eight in the S&P 500) failed to receive majority support as of October, and those companies are part of a small number (157 and 42, respectively) that received less than 70% of the votes cast.

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