ISS' 2007 U.S. Voting Policy Updates Impacting Compensation

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently released its U.S. Corporate Governance Policy Updates for 2007. This Client Briefing looks at the new ISS policies that impact compensation and things companies should watch for when they put an equity compensation plan proposal to shareholders for approval in light of the new policies. This Client Briefing also includes tables that look at trends in average shareholder value transfer (SVT) by industry, trends in SVT cost of firms in the S&P 500 Index, and detail ISS' 2007 industry burn rates for Russell 3000 companies and non-Russell 3000 companies.

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