Goodwin has been tracking disclosures in proxy statements filed by Nasdaq-listed companies since January 1, 2022 to see if they provided the Nasdaq-prescribed board diversity matrix in their proxy statements. As of April 7, 2022, 78% of Nasdaq-listed companies have included the matrix in their proxy statements. There has also…
Every year public companies need to disclose the voting standards applicable to proposals included in their annual meeting proxy statements. To assist public companies with such disclosures, we have prepared a Proxy Statement Voting Disclosures memo. We tried to have a little fun with this one and have used baseball as a theme to present the information.
Numerous public companies have decided to hold virtual shareholder meetings this year. For 2022 virtual-only shareholder meetings, Glass Lewis expects companies to provide disclosures in their proxy statements addressing the following: (i) the ability of shareholders to ask questions during the meeting, including time guidelines for shareholder questions, rules around…
If S&P 500 and Russell 1000 companies do not provide clear disclosure in their 2022 proxy statement demonstrating board-level oversight of environmental and social issues, Glass Lewis will generally recommend voting against the chair of the company’s governance committee (S&P 500 companies) or note its concern about oversight and disclosure…