Shareholders, Proxy Season, Institutional Investors

Glass Lewis Previews Changes to Pay-for-Performance Model for 2026 Proxy Season

Cooley LLP on 7/2/2025

Last week, Glass Lewis issued the client communication below previewing changes to its quantitative pay-for-performance (P4P) model that will become effective for shareholder meetings starting in 2026. The announcement...more

Policy Updates and Considerations for Proxy Season

Cooley LLP on 3/3/2025

Public companies find themselves rethinking disclosures relating to the diversity of their board and their director recruitment practices as they head into proxy season, given recent developments – including the US Court of...more

Shareholder Focus on Reproductive Rights Post-Dobbs

WilmerHale on 10/4/2022

Companies are responding in a myriad of ways to the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (Dobbs), including by expanding healthcare travel benefits to reduce barriers to accessing care in...more

Proxy Access–Making Sure You are Prepared for the 2016 Proxy Season

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/12/2015

As the 2016 proxy season approaches, every public company should consider its position on proxy access and should have a plan for responding to a shareholder proxy access proposal. Based on lessons learned from the 2015...more

Proxy Access—the Devil Is in the Details

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 8/11/2015

Proxy access, meaning the ability of stockholders to put their nominees on management’s proxy card and create a proxy contest without having to file their own proxy statement, was the marquee issue of the 2015 proxy season....more

"Proxy Access: The 2015 Proxy Season and Beyond"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/24/2015

Although the 2015 annual meeting season is still winding down, there is no doubt that proxy access has gained considerable momentum and will remain a front-and-center corporate governance issue for the foreseeable future. For...more