A recent compliance and disclosure interpretation by the SEC staff indicated that, in lieu of mailing paper copies of a company’s annual report to the SEC or filing it on Edgar, a compa...
ISS has launched its data verification from October 31, 2016 to November 11, 2016 for the underlying data used in QuickScore (to be rebranded as QualityScore). The data is also used by I...
Yesterday ISS published its draft 2017 voting policies for public comment. Any updated policies will apply to meetings held on or after February 1, 2017. Comments are due by 6:00 p.m. EST...
On October 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed long-expected changes to the proxy rules in order to mandate the use of universal proxy cards in contested elections at annu...
At the SEC open meeting today, the Commission proposed changes to require the use of universal proxy cards in contested proxy elections and rules to specify clearly the applicable voting ...
The SEC has announced an open meeting on Wednesday, October 26, at 10 a.m. to consider whether to propose amendments to the proxy rules relating to the use of universal proxy cards and di...
Yesterday, the Staff released five questions and answers regarding compliance with the pay ratio disclosure rules, including responses to:
Use of a consistently applied compensation meas...
Activist campaigns targeting companies with market capitalizations above $500 million have resulted in approximately 13% of total new board appointments in 2016 so far. As of August 2016,...
The SEC staff has denied another no-action letter seeking to exclude a shareholder proposal to amend an existing proxy access bylaw on the grounds of substantial implementation, similar t...
ISS has just released the results of its survey on potential policy changes. We previously discussed the survey questions here. The global survey attracted 439 responses, from 417 organi...
