The Advisors' Blog

– Broc Romanek, CompensationStandards.com

With so many companies now improving their proxy disclosures (& gearing up for today’s webcast on proxy season disclosures), I’ve decided to hold an annual contest for proxy disclosures. The winners will be decided by you – via anonymous popular voting. In three weeks, I will post the nominees to be voted upon in the following 14 categories – in the meantime, please submit your nominations by emailing them to me.

Here are three things to note (see our full set of FAQs):

– Self-nominations permitted
– Max of 3 nominations per company
– No need to explain why you’re nominating a proxy for a category(ies). Just let me know the company name and the category(ies) for which it is being submitted.

Here’s the categories:

1. Best Overall Proxy (Combined Online & Print)
2. Best Print Proxy – Large Cap
3. Best Print Proxy – Mid-to-Small Cap
4. Best Online Proxy – Large Cap
5. Best Online Proxy – Mid-to-Small Cap
6. Most Improved Print Proxy
7. Most Improved Online Proxy
8. Most Persuasive Supplemental Letter/Additional Soliciting Materials
9. Best Executive Summary
10. Best CD&A
11. Best CD&A Summary
12. Best Shareholder Engagement Disclosure
13. Best Director Bios Disclosure
14. Best Shareholders Letter