Each year Equilar, the leader in executive compensation and corporate governance data, analyzes the proxy statements and shareholder voting results for the 500 largest US companies by revenues (i.e. the “Equilar 500”), and highlights trends in reporting and voting over the past five fiscal years.
DFIN provides independent “commentary” for the report, adding insight and advice to the numbers.
Key practice points and trends discussed in this year’s report include:
Join us as we unveil the 11th Edition Guide to Effective Proxies. The Guide is a searchable catalog of innovative and shareholder-friendly best practice proxy disclosures, drawn from the public filings of DFIN’s blue-chip client base.
Speakers:
Kelly Ball, Creative Manager, Corporate Governance & Compliance Services, DFIN
Stephen Brown, Senior Advisor, Board Leadership Center, KPMG LLP
Ron Schneider, Director, Corporate Governance Services, DFIN
WEBINAR AGENDA
Lessons learned from year-one of the SEC Universal Proxy and Pay versus Performance disclosure requirements, along with pending SEC proposed and final rules, and key trends in ESG and Human Capital Management oversight.
During this webcast, you'll hear from a range of experts about this new environment, what’s driving it, how companies can make sense of an often-confusing landscape, and best practices in engagement and messaging.
Topics on the agenda include:
In this video, Craig Clay, President of Global Capital Markets, DFIN, discusses how the Force Management Command Center allowed the company to be initially all virtual and then hybrid, while delivering engaging content in one location, providing the sales team with necessary resources.
In this video, Craig Clay, President of Global Capital Markets, DFIN, highlights DFIN’s five-year transformation journey from RR Donnelley’s legacy of print to the company’s strategic focus on software.
Amidst economic uncertainty, civil unrest, the pandemic, and more, DFIN has been able to create sales success in software utilizing Force Management through the following avenues:
“Force Management gave us a galvanizing moment to memorialize our purpose…It's a framework we use with almost everything within the sales motion.”
- Craig Clay, President of Global Capital Markets, DFIN
The Client
Executive compensation disclosures in proxy statements and annual reports continue to garner attention and scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), shareholders, employees, the media and other stakeholder groups. Pay programs can be technical and multi-layered, increasing the challenge of explaining these programs in clear, credible, understandable terms.
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new Pay Versus Performance rule is broad and deep, including a highly technical regulation that demands close attention. Shortcuts are not an option.
Fortunately, the SEC has issued a helpful FAQ that answers a lot of the questions companies might have.
The 2023 proxy season occurs in an environment of heightened shareholder activism and an ever-increasing focus on compensation, corporate governance and ESG and human capital disclosures. This Proxy Season Field Guide provides you with an overview of recent legislative, regulatory and shareholder developments, and provides guidance on how these developments will impact you in the 2023 proxy season.
DFIN sponsors this unique Equilar report that features both trends data, and insight driving these trends, on key issues that companies may face in 2023, including: