The Advisors' Blog

Finally, some good news in the world. This ClearBridge voting update says that equity plan proposals are doing very well – which should be a silver lining for companies facing share depletion. Here’s more detail:

▪ Consistent with last year, ~99% of equity plan proposals passed the shareholder vote – Reflects continued shareholder recognition of the importance of equity as a compensation and retention tool for companies

▪ While ISS recommended “Against” ~31.4% of companies in the Russell 3000, ~98% of companies that received an “Against” from ISS ultimately passed the shareholder vote

ClearBridge also recaps stats on say-on-pay and director elections so far this year – all in all, it’s been a pretty good year.

We’ll be discussing what this year’s proxy season results can tell us about next year – as well as key issues in short & long-term incentive plans and many other timely topics – at our “Proxy Disclosure & 22nd Annual Executive Compensation Conferences” – which are only 3 weeks away!! Register now online – or you can email info@ccrcorp.com or call 800.737.1271. Be sure to check out our agenda and our outstanding lineup of speakers.

The “Proxy Disclosure & 22nd Annual Executive Compensation Conferences” are happening October 21-22 at The Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. There will be lots of great networking – so register and book your hotel! For convenience, we have a virtual attendance option – but we hope to see as many folks as possible in person! Remember that all Conference attendees – whether in-person or virtual – will have access to on-demand replays for a year after the event, as well as our valuable course materials.

– Liz Dunshee