September 17, 2014
Say-on-Pay: Now 55 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 125 additional Russell 3000 companies, bringing our total to 2,332. The average vote result for all companies in 2014 is 91%. Two additional companies failed since last week’s report; 55 companies (2.4%) have failed so far this year. Of companies with four years of Say on Pay votes, 1,601 (92.2%) have passed all four years, 113 (6.5%) have passed in three years and failed in one year, 18 companies (1.0%) 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.
Meanwhile, check out this infographic from Towers Watson about say-on-pay in ’14…