July 2, 2014
Say-on-Pay: Now 48 Failures in ’14
– Broc Romanek, CompensationStandards.com
Here’s an excerpt from the latest by Semler Brossy:
We have collected Say on Pay vote results for 97 additional Russell 3000 companies, bringing our total to 2,123. The average vote result for all companies in 2014 is 91%. One additional company failed since last week’s report; 48 companies (2.3%) have failed so far this year. Of companies with four years of Say on Pay votes, 1,462 (92.1%) have passed all four years, 105 (6.6%) have passed in three years and failed in one year, 15 companies (0.9%) have passed in two years and failed in two years, three companies (0.2%) have passed in one year and failed in three years, and two companies (0.1%) have failed all four years. Proxy advisory firm ISS is recommending ‘against’ Say on Pay proposals at 13% of companies in 2014.