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Average Say on Pay support was 90.5% in 2019 versus 90.2% in 2018, and the failure rate increased to 2.7% from 2.6% over that span. Shareholders have elevated focus on the role of Directors in recent years and taken a… Read more
Plus, 2019 shareholder proposals on social topics increase substantially. Read more
3 companies failed Say on Pay since our last report, bringing the failure rate to 2.2%. Read more
Median support for environmental proposals is down 700 basis points from 2018. Read more
242 Russell 3000 companies have held Say on Pay votes thus far in 2019, and the average vote support is 91.7%. No additional companies have failed Say on Pay since our last report, bringing the failure rate to 1.2%, or… Read more
One additional company (FuelCell Energy) failed Say on Pay since our last report, bringing the failure rate to 1.9%, or 130 basis points below the failure rate at this time last year. Read more
Our predictions this year are about average Say on Pay support, the percentage of companies failing Say on Pay, average Director election vote results, and enhancements to CEO Pay Ratio disclosures. Read more
Two of the predictions our team made at the beginning of the 2018 proxy season proved correct, while two turned out incorrect. Read more