Say on Pay Presentation

Here’s a new presentation Robbi Fox and I just gave at Equilar’s Executive Compensation Summit in Washington, DC.  If you have any questions, just let me know.

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RiskMetrics Tweaks GRId for Double Trigger Change-In-Control Agreements, Leads to Lower Scores

Does your company have a double trigger change-in-control agreement?  Great! Did you already look to see how your GRId score came out, i.e., went through the pre-scoring process? Do you think that score will be the one your shareholders will see? Well, as it turns out, it might not be because your company’s GRId compensation [...]

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Engaging RiskMetrics on Proxy Voting Matters

Are you waiting for RiskMetrics/ISS to issue a proxy vote recommendation on your proxy?  Has it already done so and you’ve found errors or disagree with anything that was in its report?  Well, then you need to know the rules of engagement, i.e., the engagement policy RiskMetrics has set out for proxy voting matters.  The full policy, [...]

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Say It Isn’t So! No Support for Share Authorizations That Last More Than 3 Years?

I recently received the following question and thought it worth sharing so folks can gain a little perspective on what is happening with equity plan proposals. Q. A public company will need to submit its stock plan for shareholder approval in the next few years.  This company has a substantial amount of stock allocated to [...]

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RMG’s GRId Locked

RiskMetrics recently announced that it will replace its Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ) system with Governance Risk Indicators (GRId).  You can read more about this new system here: http://www.riskmetrics.com/grid-info GRId launched March 17, 2010. RMG Proxy Research reports published during the second half of March 2010 will display the new GRId metrics. CGQ scores are now [...]

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