The Advisors' Blog

– Broc Romanek, CompensationStandards.com

Thanks to those that participated in this survey – a hot topic! Below are the results from our recent survey on hedging policies:

1. Does your hedging policy cover?
– Only officers? – 3%
– Only officers & directors? – 43%
– Officers, directors & employees? – 54%

2. Does the hedging policy cover?
– Only company securities granted by the company as compensation? – 3%
– All company securities without regard to how acquired? – 97%

3. If your company doesn’t currently cover all employees under a hedging policy, do you expect to expand it now to all employees?
– Yes – 27%
– No – 73%

4. Do you think there is a way to effectively enforce a broad hedging policy?
– Yes – 8%
– No – 61%
– Not sure – 31%

Take a moment to participate in our “Quick Survey on Board Portals” and our “Quick Survey on Annual Meeting Conduct.”

Don’t forget to send your nominations for our “Annual Proxy Disclosure Awards.” Here’s how that works. Deadline for nominations is Wednesday, July 1st…