Posts Tagged ‘executive compensation’
Citigroup Has Few Options After Pay Vote – New York Times
New York TimesCitigroup Has Few Options After Pay VoteNew York TimesThe first of these pressures is the public relations nightmare. The influential proxy advisory service Institutional Shareholder Services had recommended that shareholders vote against... Read the rest of this entry »
Incoming Great Plains Energy CEO Bassham gets a raise for 2012 – Bizjournals.com
Incoming Great Plains Energy CEO Bassham gets a raise for 2012Bizjournals.comThe company's annual shareholder meeting, including an advisory vote on executive compensation, will be May 1 at the Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch. In the proxy ... Read the rest of this entry »
The Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals and … – MarketWatch (press release)
The Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals and ...MarketWatch (press release)The program features interviews with leaders in the governance field and will offer insight and thoughtful examination on such topics as executive compe... Read the rest of this entry »
Four lessons private companies can learn from public companies about … – Smart Business Network
Four lessons private companies can learn from public companies about ...Smart Business NetworkOne of the more interesting times of the year to be an executive compensation attorney -— proxy season -— is about to begin. That is when publicly traded ... Read the rest of this entry »
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 »