With over 50 S&P 500 meetings scheduled for this week, the proxy season begins in earnest. Similar to last year, the Wells Fargo meeting on Tuesday appears to be one of the first targets...
The NYSE has removed its proposed rule filing to the SEC to eliminate its separate voting standard for matters requiring shareholder approval from its website, which we had previously dis...
Perhaps owing to more controversy than expected, the SEC has filed a notice to solicit additional comments on Nasdaq’s proposal to require that listed companies establish and maintain a...
Following up on our earlier report, yet another group is determined to require public companies to disclose sustainability issues in SEC filings. The Sustainability Accounting Standards B...
Companies seeking approval of equity compensation plans as required under NYSE rules have often struggled to understand, and describe in proxy statements, the application of the NYSE voti...
Recent controversy surrounding Hewlett-Packards board elections have put the spotlight on referendums for directors, with the New York Times alone running three stories on the subject o...
Directed by Ceres, the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) has published a consultation paper (free registration required) with recommendations for integrating sustainability disclosu...
As companies prepare for annual meetings, they should consider in advance their preferred approach if the proponent or a designated representative does not attend the meeting to properly ...
When the SEC began an investigation of whether a Facebook post by the Netflix CEO violated Regulation FD, companies became alarmed that it represented the regulator’s views that social ...
Glass Lewis is often criticized for its lack of transparency, which is wanting even by the standards of proxy advisory firms. It does not provide companies with a free copy of its own vot...
