S&C Hosts Webinar: Lessons from the 2016 Proxy Season, Including Dealing With Proposals to Adopt and to Amend Proxy Access Bylaws
September 15, 2016New York, New York
On September 15, Ms. Geldzahler, Mr. Schleyer and Mr. Treviño presented a webinar program at 9:00 am on lessons learned from the 2016 proxy season and advance planning for 2017, including:
- The reinforcement of a market standard for proxy access terms
- Preparing for proposals to amend the terms of proxy access provisions
- The shifting focus of governance shareholder proposals away from traditional topics
- The types of investors that most often submit proposals
- Other common and successful shareholder proposals in 2016, and strategies for reacting and responding to them
- Drivers of results of 2016 say-on-pay votes and votes on equity compensation plans
- Trends in shareholder activism and shareholder engagement
- Common reasons for director “against” votes
General counsel, corporate secretaries and other individuals with responsibility for governance decisions and responses to shareholder proposals benefited from this program.