Download: 7th annual proxy study
This year Labrador introduced the U.S Transparency Awards, which ranked the companies in the S&P 250 based on the quality of disclosure in their proxy statements, 10-Ks, and investor relations [...]
CEO succession: trends and planning
Harvard Law School Forum: December 16, 2019 In this article, key insights are identified from a report recently released by The Conference Board, in collaboration with Heidrick & Struggles. CEO [...]
Equilar and Nasdaq’s Board Leadership Forum
C-Suite: An Equilar Publication, Issue 30 Summer 2019 "A key foundation for meaningful engagement is the proxy statement. It should be treated as a communications tool between issuers and shareholders." [...]
~33% of S&P 500 and Russell 3000 companies added one new director or replaced one board seat in the previous 12 months
Source: The Conference Board, Corporate Board Practices in the Russell 3000 and S&P 500 2019 EDITION
50% of S&P 500 boards have a separate chair and CEO
Source: 2018 U.S. Spencer Stuart Board Index
428 new independent directors elected to S&P 500 in 2018
Source: 2018 U.S. Spencer Stuart Board Index
What is the Nominating and Governance Committee looking for?
SpencerStuart, 2018 According to SpencerStuart's survey of 177 nominating/governance committee members, the top trends and priorities are: Recruiting profiles: 62% women, 49% active CEO/COO, 48% technology experience 66% considered or [...]
Labrador and EY publish new Corporate Governance report
Broad progress by European companies on governance, transparency and other stakeholder priorities is reported in the 2018 Corporate Governance Overview, being published this month by Labrador and EY. The report [...]
Client Interview: Answering the “why?”
An increasing number of companies now see their proxy statements as another important tool for communicating with shareholders and are taking steps to revitalize them. We talked with Adam Kramer, [...]