Proxy Advisors Peer Submission Window
The proxy advisors have announced that they are now accepting executive compensation peer group submissions until early December. The proxy advisors will consider the issuer submitted peer groups when forming their own peer groups which will be used in their respective pay-for-performance models. The benefit to issuers of submitting peer groups is that the submission may influence the proxy advisor peer group construction and the pay-for-performance models may output results that are more favourable for the issuer and potentially mitigate a negative recommendation.
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The Laurel Hill Advisory Group is North America’s leading independent, cross-border shareholder communications and advisory firm.
With offices in the U.S. and Canada, they are the only independent, cross border advisory firm with a growing portfolio of Fortune 500 companies; on both sides of the border as well as micro-cap and small-cap issuers.
Laurel Hill Continues to Grow
Laurel Hill Advisory Group is very pleased to announce Curtis Tokarchuk as Senior Account Manager, Operations, and Shivank Goel as Associate Governance Advisory, both based in Toronto. As North America's leading independent, cross-border shareholder communications and advisory firm, Curtis and Shivank will add their expertise to the industry's most experienced, multidisciplinary and collaborative team.
ISS 2022 Canadian Benchmark Proxy Voting Policy Updates
December 7, 2021 ISS released updates to its 2022 ISS benchmark proxy voting policies. The updated policies will generally be applied for shareholder meetings taking place on or after February 1, 2022, except for certain policies that are being announced now with a one-year transition period and which will become effective in 2023.
Glass Lewis 2022 Annual Policy Updates
On November 16, 2021 Glass Lewis released its annual policy updates for the upcoming proxy year. Below is a summary of these changes as they apply directly to the Canadian market
2021 Trends in Corporate Governance Report
2021 Trends in Corporate Governance by Laurel Hill.