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2024 Proxy Statement Trends

Proxy Reporting

In this Thought Piece, our proxy Lead Advisors provide commentary around what we anticipate being some of the key disclosure trends for the 2024 proxy season, with practical examples from 2023 disclosures.

Accentuating Director Strengths in the Era of the Universal Proxy Card

Proxy Reporting

This thought piece highlights ways to enhance company proxy disclosures to showcase the strengths and skills of director nominees.

Disclosure Considerations After a Low Say-On-Pay Vote

Proxy Reporting

This Thought Piece highlights examples of certain key disclosures that the proxy advisory firms want to see after a low say-on[1]pay vote. While some of the following examples are from proxy statements published by companies after a low say-on-pay score, others are from companies that publish these “best practice” disclosures as a matter of course.

2023 Proxy Season – What to Think About

Proxy Reporting

The new pay versus performance rule is foremost in the minds of public companies as they prepare for their upcoming proxy statement. But don’t lose sight of other areas where investors and regulators will be paying particular attention this proxy season. Below we discuss topics where we’ve seen considerable focus.

What You Need to Know About the US SEC’s Proposed Cybersecurity Rules

Sustainability Reporting, Proxy Reporting

In March 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by public companies. This thought pieces discusses these proposed rules and gives examples of corporate cybersecurity disclosures to date.

Nasdaq and Other Board Diversity Rules

Proxy Reporting

In this thought piece we explore Nasdaq’s new Board Diversity Rules, similar Board diversity recommendations and requirements in the United States (U.S.), and examples of Board diversity disclosures in 2021 proxy statements.

Trends in Investor Communications: A Benchmark of Sustainability Communications in 2019 Proxy Statements

Proxy Reporting

In this Thought Piece, we look at how the largest companies in America are disclosing sustainability information in their proxy statements

A Benchmark of Letters from Leadership Across: Proxy Statements Annual Reports Sustainability/ESG/CSR Reports (Executive Summary)

Sustainability Reporting, Proxy Reporting, Annual Reporting

This Executive Summary presents a high-level overview of letters from leadership across the investor communications spectrum from the proxy statement to the annual report and sustainability/ESG/CSR reports.

Communicating Board Skills in Light of the NYC Comptroller and NYC Pension Funds National Boardroom Accountability Project Campaign—Version 2.0 (2020 Update)

Proxy Reporting

In this Thought Piece, we take a detailed look at the evolving skills reporting practices of those companies that received the NYC Comptroller and NYC Pension Funds National Boardroom Accountability Project Campaign in 2017.

Communicating Board Skills in Light of the NYC Comptroller and NYC Pension Funds National Boardroom Accountability Project Campaign—Version 2.0 (2020 Update) Executive Summary

Proxy Reporting

This Executive Summary presents a high-level overview of how reporting practices around board skills have changed over the last two years.

Key Proxy Statement Disclosure Trends: Corporate Governance

Proxy Reporting

This Thought piece by Argyle and King & Spalding highlights notable corporate governance and board leadership disclosure trends from the 2020 proxy season.

Key Proxy Statement Disclosure Trends: Executive Compensation

Proxy Reporting

This Thought Piece prepared by Argyle and King & Spalding takes a look at executive compensation disclosure trends in contemporary proxy statements.

Reports & Analysis

2024 Proxy Statement Trends

Accentuating Director Strengths in the Era of the Universal Proxy Card

Disclosure Considerations After a Low Say-On-Pay Vote

2023 Proxy Season – What to Think About

What You Need to Know About the US SEC’s Proposed Cybersecurity Rules

Nasdaq and Other Board Diversity Rules

Trends in Investor Communications: A Benchmark of Sustainability Communications in 2019 Proxy Statements

A Benchmark of Letters from Leadership Across: Proxy Statements Annual Reports Sustainability/ESG/CSR Reports (Executive Summary)

Communicating Board Skills in Light of the NYC Comptroller and NYC Pension Funds National Boardroom Accountability Project Campaign—Version 2.0 (2020 Update)

Communicating Board Skills in Light of the NYC Comptroller and NYC Pension Funds National Boardroom Accountability Project Campaign—Version 2.0 (2020 Update) Executive Summary

Key Proxy Statement Disclosure Trends: Corporate Governance

Key Proxy Statement Disclosure Trends: Executive Compensation

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