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Incentive Design, Equity Usage & Grant Practices
FW Cook Publishes 45th Edition of Annual Top 250 Report
By Voytek Sokolowski, Austin Lee
FW Cook released the 45th edition of its annual report on long-term incentives granted to executives at the 250 largest U.S. companies in the S&P 500 Index. Long-term incentive practices continue to be stable, homogenized by Say-on-Pay pressure and proxy advisor voting policies…
2017 Mid-Year Equity Plan Voting Results Update
By Bindu Culas, Samantha Nussbaum
Among Russell 3000 companies, there were a total of 412 proposals seeking shareholder approval of equity plan amendments and 191 proposals requesting shareholder approval of new equity plans. With the exception of three proposals, all received majority shareholder support…
2017 Top 250 Report
Research Report | By Austin Lee, Voytek Sokolowski, Edward D. Graskamp
This 45th annual FW Cook Top 250 Report details the long-term incentive practices and trends of the 250 largest companies by market cap value in the S&P 500. Notable trends and key findings from this year’s study include…
2016 Annual Incentive Plan Report
Research Report | By James Garriga
Annual incentive plans play a key role in motivating and focusing employees on a company’s short-term goals. Key considerations for designing an annual incentive plan are selecting the appropriate performance measures and deciding how they should be weighted.
2016 Top 250 Report
Research Report | By Warren Suh
This 44th annual FW Cook Top 250 Report details the long-term incentive practices of the 250 largest companies in the S&P 500. Notable trends and key findings from this year’s study are found within the report.
2015 Top 250 Report
Research Report | By Edward Graskamp
The 43rd annual Top 250 Report, details the long-term incentive practices of the 250 largest companies in the S&P 500. Notable trends and key findings from this year’s study may be found in the report.
2015 Aggregate Share-Based Compensation Report
Research Report | By Ted Simmons
S&P Dow Jones Indices and MSCI, Inc. recently announced changes to the Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”) structure that will go into effect on March 17, 2023. As such, changes to the GICS structure may affect ISS’ analyses on the following topics…
