Posts Tagged ‘executive compensation’
More Topics – Boardmember.com
More TopicsBoardmember.comSo, going forward into 2012, a company will publish a proxy statement relating to its 2011 compensation, and unfortunately, many, if not all, of the compensation decisions the company made will have occurred before they got fe... Read the rest of this entry »
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities … – Insurance News Net (press release)
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities ...Insurance News Net (press release)The objection may, however, be primarily about wanting to keep investors in the dark about executive compensation, corporate governance, insider t... Read the rest of this entry »
The Implications of Say on Pay (Part 1) – The Race to the Bottom
The Implications of Say on Pay (Part 1)The Race to the BottomWe have had one proxy cycle with public companies having to provide shareholders with an advisory vote on the company's executive compensation. So what were the results? ISS conducted a s... Read the rest of this entry »
News Corp. Declares Victory Over Opponents, Withholds Vote Total – BusinessWeek
News Corp. Declares Victory Over Opponents, Withholds Vote TotalBusinessWeekTwo other advisers, Glass Lewis & Co. and Egan-Jones Proxy Service, recommended James, 38, and Lachlan, 40, be removed. Their concerns include a slow response to the phone-... Read the rest of this entry »
Shareholder Could Proceed with Derivative Claim that Proxy Statement Misled on Deductability of Executive Compensation under Federal Tax Code (Jim Hamilton’s World of Securities )
A federal court (DC Del) ruled that a shareholder derivative, but not direct, claim could proceed against company directors for issuing a false or misleading proxy statement regarding the tax-deductible status of executive compensation under the federa... Read the rest of this entry »
CII Report: Institutional Investors Are Unhappy With Executive Pay – aiCIO
Global PensionsCII Report: Institutional Investors Are Unhappy With Executive PayaiCIO"Advisory shareowner votes on executive compensation were the big story of proxy season 2011, the inaugural year for 'say on pay' at most US public compa... Read the rest of this entry »
NECA-IBEW PENSION FUND v. COX – Leagle.com
NECA-IBEW PENSION FUND v. COXLeagle.comPursuant to that requirement, the Cincinnati Bell Board included a shareholder resolution in its March 21, 2011 proxy seeking shareholder approval of the 2010 executive compensation. The Board recommended that the... Read the rest of this entry »
Say on Pay Rules Don’t Help Boards Manage Executive Compensation – Accounting Today
Say on Pay Rules Don't Help Boards Manage Executive CompensationAccounting TodayPay practices advocated by proxy advisory groups often emphasize immediate pay-for-performance tie-ins, but performance does not always manifest itself on a yearly basi... Read the rest of this entry »
Public Company Boards Report Dodd-Frank "Say-on-Pay" Rules Not Helpful in … – MarketWatch (press release)
Public Company Boards Report Dodd-Frank "Say-on-Pay" Rules Not Helpful in ...MarketWatch (press release)CHICAGO, Sep 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- During the 2011 proxy season, a number of provisions from the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act - aimed at broa... Read the rest of this entry »
Say-On-Pay – What’s Next? – Blakes
Say-On-Pay – What's Next?BlakesOne of the developments to be observed in the upcoming proxy season will be the extent to which any additional public companies adopt a Say-on‑Pay shareholder vote – a shareholder vote approving executive compen... Read the rest of this entry »