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During this past proxy season, many companies made significant changes in the way that they disclosed information about their board diversity-related policies and considerations. The recent policy survey results from Glass Lewis about how investors view board diversity is interesting.…
Artificial intelligence only continues to grow in importance for next year’s proxies because investors and proxy advisors are paying attention to how companies handle AI, particularly in tech‐intensive industries. It’s also important because failure to adequately address AI risks and…
When it comes to graphics, there is no better fit for them in the proxy than using them as an alternative to a narrative summary. This can happen in a variety of contexts, but typically either at the forepart of…
Expectations of directors continue to increase with more topics directly falling under the umbrella of strategy and risk oversight. To demonstrate that the board understands the business and is more engaged than a limited quarterly schedule of meetings might suggest,…
As noted in this report from Labrador, for companies with low say-on-pay votes, it’s important that disclosures related to outreach and responsiveness are easy to locate. Labrador recommends that companies hit the highlights of their responsiveness in the Proxy Summary…
Recently, I asked Freshfields’ Pam Marcogliese, DLA Piper’s Sanjay Shirodkar, and Compensia’s Mark Borges the question of “What is your typical process when drafting disclosure to improve it?” Here’s a summary of their answers from those videos: Pam Marcogliese starts…

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