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ISS, Notices Of Exempt Solicitation And HP

by Stephen M. Quinlivan | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and... on 3/14/2013

Pursuant to these definitive additional materials, ISS recently changed course and recommended a vote for HP’s say-on-pay this year. HP apparently obtained ISS’ change in recommendation by the addition of a total shareholder...more

ISS Announces ISS Governance QuickScore to Replace GRId

by James Anderson, Mark Wood | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/12/2013

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently announced that, effective in late February or early March, it is replacing its Governance Risk Indicators (GRId) database with the new ISS Governance QuickScore (QuickScore),...more

ISS Governance QuickScore to Replace GRId System

by Jason Martinez | Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &... on 2/5/2013

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading provider of corporate governance research and proxy voting services, has announced that it is replacing the Governance Risk Indicators (GRId) database, which was designed to...more

Skadden's 2013 Insights: Governance

by Marc S. Gerber, Barbara R. Mirza, Regina Olshan | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/21/2013

Say-on-pay has contributed to an environment where shareholder engagement is an increasingly critical component of corporate governance. In this section, we take a broad look at the corporate governance landscape to...more

2013 U.S. Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures FAQ (Excluding Compensation-Related Questions)

by Miriam R. Sowinski | Holland & Knight LLP on 1/10/2013

The following issues are among those addressed in ISS' non-compensation-related FAQs... ...more

Considerations for the 2013 Form 10-K and Annual Proxy Season

by Colin Diamond, Holt Goddard, David Johansen, Michelle Rutta | White & Case LLP on 1/7/2013

The upcoming 2013 proxy season will likely be impacted by new policies issued by proxy advisers, as well as shareholder activists taking advantage of previously adopted rules, rather than by recent legislative or rulemaking...more

Reviewing the 2012 Proxy Season and Preparing for 2013

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 12/19/2012

The 2012 proxy season will likely be remembered as an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, year at the corporate ballot box. Many of the trends seen in 2011—the first year of mandatory say-on-pay—continued in 2012, with...more

Focus on Securities/Corporate Finance - December 2012: Updates to the ISS and Glass Lewis 2013 Proxy Voting Guidelines affecting...

by Dentons on 12/12/2012

Both Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis & Co. (“GL”) released updates in November 2012 to their proxy voting recommendation guidelines for the 2013 shareholder meeting season. Below is a summary...more

ISS Finalizes 2013 Corporate Governance Policy

by King & Spalding on 12/4/2012

On November 16, 2012, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) finalized its 2013 U. S. Corporate Governance Policy. The changes in the policy are effective for shareholder meetings held on and after February 1, 2013. The...more

ISS Releases 2013 Policy Updates

by Jeffrey G. Aromatorio, Kerry Halpern, John D. Martini, Cory A. Thomas | Reed Smith on 12/3/2012

Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") recently released its 2013 policy updates for the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and other international markets. With respect to U.S. Corporate Governance Policies, significant...more

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