Take a moment to use the links below to register for any – or all – of these complimentary proxy season webcasts taking place next week:
Next Wednesday’s Webcast: “Proxy Season Preview (Including ISS and Glass Lewis Policy Updates)”
Tune in next Wednesday, January 15th – for the complimentary webcast: “Proxy Season Preview (Including ISS and Glass Lewis Policy Updates).” Cooley partners Ali Murata and Brad Goldberg, along with Compensia principal Mark Borges, will provide an overview of hot-button topics in proxy disclosures leading into the 2025 proxy season – including proxy advisory firm and institutional investor policy updates. Register now.
BlackRock Updates Voting Policies and Engagement Priorities
Just before the holidays got going, BlackRock updated their voting policies and engagement priorities. Here’s a laundry list of those updated documents: For the changes to BlackRock’s Voting Benchmark Policies, here are eight notable things to be aware of – courtesy of Cooley’s Beth Sasfai, Michael Mencher and Jordan Cohen: It’s also notable that BlackRock has created a new initiative called “BlackRock Active Investment Stewardship,” …
New ISS Policy Updates, Pay FAQs and Hint of Pay-for-Performance Changes to Come
This Cooley Alert penned by Michael Bergmann, Brad Goldberg, Ali Murata, Beth Sasfai, and Megan Schilling digs deeper into the recent changes to ISS’ voting policy guidelines and executive pay FAQs than I recently did in this blog. Here is an excerpt related to the changes to the executive compensation FAQs: “On December 13, 2024, ISS published updates to its Executive Compensation Policies FAQ, which …
ISS Updates Voting Policies and Executive Compensation FAQs
A few days ago, ISS issued this press release announcing the updating of its voting policies, for annual meetings held on or after February 1, 2025. Here is the complete set of ISS benchmark voting policies. There is not much this year in the way of change. The few changes are listed in this executive summary and this “policy updates” document. For the US, the policy changes …
Video Archive: “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know”
Here’s the video archive for last week’s webcast – “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know” – during which Cooley’s Beth Sasfai, Michael Mencher, and Broc Romanek and Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina discussed how you can prepare for another wild proxy season by keeping your proxy fresh and staying attuned to stakeholder demands.
The Latest Proxy Season Stats (& Expectations for ’25)
Related to today’s webcast – “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know” – courtesy of Steve Pantina of Proxy Analytics, here are 2024 proxy season stats through the end of November: 2024 Shareholder Proposal Stats Expectations for the 2025 Season Investor Guidelines Growing Divide Between Voting and Engagement
This Thursday’s Webcast: “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know”
Join us this Thursday, December 12th for a webcast – “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know” – during which Beth Sasfai, Michael Mencher and Broc Romanek – as well as Proxy Analytics’ Steve Pantina – will discuss how you can prepare for another wild proxy season, including up-to-date advice to keep your proxy fresh and attuned to stakeholder demands – such as specific …
Proxy Season Prep: 15 Tips and Reminders for In-House Teams
Ahead of Thursday’s webcast – “Hot Governance and Engagement Proxy Tips You Need to Know” – check out this Cooley Alert from Michael Bergmann, Brad Goldberg, Ali Murata, Beth Sasfai and Michael Mencher with 15 proxy season tips. Also check out tomorrow’s webcast: “Tackling the Hot Spots in Periodic Reports and Earnings Releases.”
Shareholder Proposals: ISS-Corporate Tracks 10 Years of Trends
As we lurch toward the end of the year, it’s a good time to take stock of our lives. But also, it’s kind of nifty to compare where we are with shareholder proposals compared to a decade ago. This 13-page report from ISS-Corporate provides this trend data. Here are my top 10 takeaways from the trends: