December 16, 2008
“Say-on-Pay” in Action: 38% Vote “No” at Jackson-Hewitt’s Annual Meeting
– Broc Romanek, CompensationStandards.com
To get a window on what may happen if say-on-pay legislation is enacted in the US, look no further to the results from the recent annual shareholder meeting for Jackson-Hewitt Tax Services. As noted in the company’s Form 10-Q filed last week, 37.5% of the votes cast were voted against the company’s pay package (see Proposal III) – the highest level of opposition so far for an advisory vote in the U.S. market. This is only the fifth company in the US to allow say-on-pay on the ballot – once more companies allow it, I imagine the levels of opposition will grow given the environment out there today.
Congrats to Dave Lynn for getting quoted in this front-page article yesterday in the Washington Post. The article is entitled “Executive Pay Limits May Prove Toothless.” And more importantly, the article mentions our new treatise! I find it hard to believe, but someone told me they heard Alex Bennett review the treatise during his Sirius radio show yesterday…