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March 30, 2009 Forum Report:

Inviting Comments on RiskMetrics Analysis of “Say on Pay” Votes

 

 

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Inviting Comments on RiskMetrics Analysis of “Say on Pay” Votes

Carol Bowie of the RiskMetrics Governance Group has requested the Forum's consideration of her firm's report on how it will determine "Say on Pay" voting:

►  March 16, 2009 RiskMetrics Group (f/k/a Institutional Shareholder Services - "ISS"): "Evaluating U.S. Company Management Say on Pay Proposals" (12 pages, 136 KB, in PDF format)

The nine questions presented with summaries of what RiskMetrics will consider, on pages 7-9, provide a useful variation of TIAA-CREF's "Ten Questions," and will be addressed in the Forum's workshop project seeking a standard set of questions for both corporate and investor use.  (The questionnaire for offering anonymous views is still open: click here.)

Comments on the RiskMetrics report, including its nine questions, will be welcomed.

           GL – March 30, 2009

 

Gary Lutin

Lutin & Company

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Email: gl@shareholderforum.com

 

 

 

 

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