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ISS 2016 Burn Rate Benchmarks | Below are the ISS Burn Rate Benchmarks for 2016. Benchmarks are generally the Mean + Standard Deviation, subject to minimum benchmark of 2%. Additionally, year-over-year changes to burn rate benchmarks are limited to a maximum of 2% plus or minus the prior year's burn rate benchmark. S&P [read more]

Welcome to Steven Hall & Partners | Welcome to Steven Hall & Partners. Thank you for taking our card and visiting our site. We are a nationally recognized, independent compensation consulting firm, specializing exclusively in the areas of executive compensation, board remuneration and related corporate governance issues. By focusing solely on these critical and complex areas [read more]

2015 Say on Pay Voting Results | As of December 31, 2015 2,905 companies held Say on Pay votes in 2015 70 companies have failed with an average 60% ‘Against’ vote 71% of companies have received a greater than 90% ‘For’ vote Average vote among all companies 90% ‘For’ vote 9% ‘Against’ vote [read more]

Companies that failed Say on Pay in 2015 | 70 companies have failed with an average 60% ‘Against’ vote

Client Alert: ISS Releases 2016 Policy Updates | ISS recently released its final policy guidelines for the 2016 proxy season. While compensation-related updates for U.S. issuers were minor, ISS also announced a modified definition for “overboarded” Directors as well as tweaks to its Equity Plan Scorecard and QuickScore 3.0 models for 2016. The [read more]

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