Glass Lewis 2026 Pay for Performance Update
In June 2025 Glass Lewis sent an email to its subscribers to announce an update to the quantitative pay-for-performance model which will take effect in 2026. As a Glass Lewis subscriber, Laurel Hill has access to this information and has provided a summary below. The changes are tied to feedback from Glass Lewis’ ongoing investor and issuer engagement.
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The Changing Voting Landscape
Dual-listed Canadian issuers may find that shareholders who are 13G filers (i.e. own more than 5% of the issuer’s common shares) may be less willing to engage with the board and management based on the recent staff guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Canada’s #1 Firm in 2024
Laurel Hill Advisory Group (Canada) is proud to be Canada’s leader in strategic shareholder communications and advisory services in 2024 by total number of publicly disclosed mandates and by Bloomberg Global Activism League Tables for activism mandates.
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2024 Trends in Shareholder Activism Report
Laurel Hill Advisory Group (Canada) is pleased to share our 2024 Trends in Shareholder Activism Report covering the latest information and data on board and transactional activism, unsolicited offers, and short-selling activism. Our annual guide to the shareholder activism trends, risks and challenges facing public company boards and management teams goes far beyond the numbers and digs into the activism stories and developments that shape the Canadian landscape.
ISS Benchmark Policy Changes for 2025
ISS has released its 2025 Benchmark Policy Updates, which include key changes to proxy voting guidelines for Canada and the rest of the world. Laurel Hill has summarized the Canadian policy updates below, which will apply to all shareholder meetings held on or after February 1, 2025. The complete text of ISS’ 2025 Proxy Voting Guidelines Update is available here.