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June 27, 2022

ISS Window Opens July 5 for Off-Season Peer Groups

ISS announced last week that their peer group submission window will be open from 9 am ET on Tuesday, July 5th until 8 pm ET on Friday, July 15th, for companies that have annual meetings slated to be held between September 16, 2022 and January 31, 2023. Here is an excerpt:

As part of ISS’ peer group construction process, on a semi-annual basis, corporations are requested to submit changes they have made to their self-selected peer groups for their next proxy disclosure. ISS considers companies’ self-selected peer groups as an important input as part of its own peer group construction methodology

Submissions should reflect peer companies used (or to be used) by the submitting company for pay-setting for the fiscal year ending prior to the company’s next upcoming annual meeting.

Companies who haven’t made any changes to their previously disclosed peer groups, or don’t want to provide this information in advance, aren’t required to participate. For those not participating, ISS will use the peers from the company’s last proxy filing for its peer group construction process.

– Emily Sacks-Wilner