Say on Pay Reports

To date, 1,789 Russell 3000 companies have held Say on Pay votes and 93% have passed with above 70% support. Read more

To date, 1,623 Russell 3000 companies have held Say on Pay votes and 93% have passed with above 70% support. Twenty-five companies (1.5%) have failed Say on Pay thus far in 2016; the three new companies that have failed since the last report are Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, C&J Energy Services, and Sucampo Pharmaceuticals. Read more

Our special topic this week focuses on director election vote results for Russell 3000 companies since 2014. Over 80% of director elections have received vote support above 95% and only 0.3% of elections have failed to receive majority support. Read more

Our special feature this week focuses on the probable reasons for Say on Pay failure. Pay and performance relation, problematic pay practices, and rigor of performance goals are all the leading probable causes of failure thus far in 2016. Read more

To date, 385 Russell 3000 companies have held Say on Pay votes and 91% have passed with above 70% support. Eleven companies (2.9%) have failed Say on Pay thus far in 2016; the six new companies that have failed since the last report are Cepheid, Consolidated-Tomoka Land, Exelon, FMC, Masimo, and Wolverine World Wide. Read more

To date, 162 Russell 3000 companies have held Say on Pay votes and 90% have passed with above 70% support. Five companies (3.1%) have failed Say on Pay thus far in 2016; there have not been any additional failures since our last report. Read more

To date, 143 Russell 3000 companies have held Say on Pay votes and 91% have passed with above 70% support. Five companies (3.5%) have failed Say on Pay thus far in 2016; the three new companies that have failed since the last report are M.D.C. Holdings, Motorcar Parts of America and VeriFone Systems. Read more

To date, 129 Russell 3000 companies have had Say on Pay votes and 93% have passed with above 70% support. Two companies (1.6%) have failed Say on Pay: Nuance Communications and Tetra Tech. Proxy advisory firm ISS has recommended ‘against’ Say on Pay proposals at 9% of companies it has assessed thus far in 2016. Our special topic this week examines proxy access vote results in the Russell 3000. Read more