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The global IPO market made up for lost time in 2021. A proportion of last year’s activity reflected pent-up demand, with new issues that might have taken place in the previous year deferred until 2021. By volume, IPO activity rose 73 percent compared to 2020; by value, 2021 was 81 percent ahead. SPACs) raised US$601.2
Business valuation experts can find a great deal of useful information in the Business Reference Guide (BRG) by Tom West, which has been updated for 2021.
2022 has seen yet another record-setting proxy season, [1] with Russell 3000 companies fielding 813 shareholder proposals filed as of mid-July, 2022, representing approximately a 3% increase from 2021. This was likely partly an effect of Staff Legal Bulletin No.
In 2021, 59 Fortune 500 companies appointed new General Counsels. In comparison to previously hired Fortune 500 General Counsels, those appointed in 2021 are more likely to: Be female and ethnically diverse. General Counsels appointed in 2021 are more diverse. This post is based on their Russell Reynolds memorandum.
The 2021 proxy season was dominated by COVID-19. of Say on Pay votes among Russell 3000 companies through November 30, 2021, with strong average support of 92.2%. Thus, ISS influence increased in 2021 and an against recommendation was far more likely to result in a failed Say on Pay vote compared to prior years. in 2020, 18.8%
Analysis of board growth among California-based companies in 2021 found that more than half of new board appointees that year were women. between 2019-2021. In 2021, almost half (44%) of the corporate boards JUST Capital analyzed were composed of at least 30% women.
In 2021, securities class action litigation on the whole remained at a steady high, and life sciences companies were, once again, popular targets of such lawsuits. [1] In 2021, securities class action litigation on the whole remained at a steady high, and life sciences companies were, once again, popular targets of such lawsuits. [1]
In PwC’s 2021 Annual Corporate Directors Survey, more than half (53%) of directors say that board members (other than the CEO) engaged directly with the company’s shareholders during the prior year. In 2021, ESG topped strategy as the most common discussion topic, it was raised in 43% of discussions, up from 23% in 2020. [1]
CAP reviewed chief executive officer (CEO) pay levels among 50 companies with fiscal years ending between August and October 2021 (defined as the Early Filers). 2021 was a bounce back year. This post covers 2021 financial performance, CEO actual pay levels and annual incentive payouts for the Early Filers. Key Findings.
is below the index’s average at this time last year (89.6%), and is consistent with the year-end vote result in 2021. The 210-basis point spread between the current average vote results for the Russell 3000 and S&P 500 is equal to the spread at year-end in 2021; and wider than the 90-basis point spread at this time last year.
The report highlights the sales totals of merchant wholesalers for April 2021, which included adjustments for seasonal variations and trading day differences. The report showed an improvement in wholesale trade in April 2021 when compared to March 2021 and from one year ago. Census published. In April, total sales were $570.8
Investors rejected CEO compensation proposals through Say-on-Pay votes at a record rate in the 2021 proxy season, even though pay remained flat in FY2020. Proxies filed through early May indicate a strong increase in CEO pay for FY2021. CEO pay proposal support continues to decline in S&P 500 universe. S&P 500) companies.
public companies by revenue—as of March 18, 2022, to offer a preview of how executive compensation was structured in 2021, as well as key trends to watch through the remainder of proxy season. In 2021, median total direct compensation for companies included in the analysis increased to $14.3
Environmental and social proposals are showing a sign of reversing trend of declining support from the 2021 peak, while anti-ESG proposals are gaining volume but not support. We reviewed proposals submitted for Russell 3000 company AGMs held between Jan.
3] In these 100 SEC filings, we focused on 12 categories [4] of ESG disclosure in annual reports and proxy statements filed with the SEC in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The key trends and takeaways from our survey are discussed below. Climate-Related Disclosure Takes the Spotlight in 2022.
Deal activity declined from 2021, but finished the year above pre-pandemic levels. Acquisitions and Exits Deal Activity Down From 2021, But Above Pre-Pandemic Levels. As we described in our recent memo, Mergers and Acquisitions—2023 , after a record-shattering year for M&A in 2021, last year represented a reversion to the mean.
For example, 2021 proxy season data is for the period from July 1, 2020 — June 30, 2021. Prior season data is for companies within the Russell 3000, for the full proxy season, running from July 1 — June 30 for each period presented, unless otherwise noted.
More recently, with the January 2021 change-over in administration and the resulting shift in rulemaking philosophy, climate disclosure has been an area of increasing SEC focus. Enhanced environmental disclosure has been a topic of discussion within the SEC since the 1970s.
PwC 2021 Mutual Fund Directors Governance Survey has gauged the views of Mutual Fund Directors (“Directors”) across a diverse range of complexes from large to small as well as geography on a variety of matters. In 2021, nearly 120 independent directors participated in our survey. About the survey.
3] It got even better in 2021. SPAC IPOs from 20192022, with the majority of capital ($126 billion) raised in 2021. [4] A New York Times article from December 2020 noted that 25% of global IPO proceeds in 2020 were raised by SPACs, easily an all-time high, with nearly 250 newly formed SPACs going public that year. [3]
The following summarizes say-on-pay voting results for full-year 2021 and through June 30 for 2022. This year, shareholder support on say-on-pay votes averaged 88% among S&P 500 companies (same as 2021, compared to 90% in 2020 and 2019 and 91% in 2018), and 90% among the broader Russell 3000 (compared to 91% in 2018 through 2021).
ISS) added 11 new cyber risk factors to its Governance QualityScore in 2021. Meanwhile, more guidance on cyber oversight and disclosure is here or on its way, from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or commission), which proposed new rules earlier in 2022; and from Congress, which recently passed far‑reaching legislation.
This post covers State Street Global Advisors’ stewardship activities in Q4 2021, including examples of notable successes and resulting outcomes from high-profile engagements, and outlines our stewardship priorities for 2022. This post is based on their SSgA memorandum. Stewardship Activity Report. more…).
To see how this disclosure is evolving, we analyzed 103 filings from S&P 500 companies for the 2021 fiscal year. In this article, we explore the changes year-over-year in disclosure, hot topics of disclosure for the 2021 fiscal year, and how companies can prepare to meet stakeholder expectations for HCM disclosures in the future.
That figure fell significantly in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, but rebounded in 2021 with free-flowing capital. Activity in the first half of 2022 continued at a brisk pace, with a 20% jump in the number of campaigns over the same time period in 2021—although most of that activity was attributed to the first quarter of the year.
Volatile global financial markets and recessionary fears have led to declining boardroom confidence and a decrease in deal activity from 2021’s record levels but are still healthy by historical standards. approached dealmaking with greater caution in 2022 than they did in 2021. Key Points. Acquisition market participants in the U.S.
trillion in aggregate announced globally in 2021, according to Dealogic —up 67% in value compared to 2020. billion were recorded in H1, down 19% in volume and 44% in value compared to a bumper H1 2021. This trend has gathered momentum over recent years, with 9,155 carve-outs worth US$2.3 A total of 3,837 deals worth US$641.8
unicorns since the beginning of the 2000s until the end of the third quarter of 2021. Even though 2021 has the highest number of unicorn exits, unicorn births outpace exits and the number of unicorns in existence increases in 2021. Our sample covers all U.S.
Q1 activity in APAC accelerated, accounting for 16% of new campaigns vs. 2021’s recent low of 11%. Europe registered 15 new campaigns in Q1, representing a 50% jump in activity compared to Q1 2021. continues to account for the largest share of global activity, representing 60% of new campaigns and 55% of capital deployed.
billion in penalties in enforcement actions in 2022, nearly three times the figure in 2021. Hanson, and Leo W. The SEC collected a record $4.2 Recent enforcement actions involving ESG issues, 10b5-1 plans and cybersecurity align with the SEC’s rulemaking initiatives on those topics.
SPAC activity continued to slow in the first half of 2022, a sharp decline from the number of deals and IPOs in the same period in 2021. Filings of SPAC-related securities lawsuits through the first half of 2022 are on pace to exceed the total number of SPAC-related lawsuits filed in 2021. Key Points.
2021 WL 754593, (Del. 26, 2021) aff’d The Williams Companies, Inc. Against that backdrop, the decisions by the Delaware courts in the Williams Companies Stockholder Litigation suggest a significant adaptation. (In In re the Williams Cos. S’holder Litig., Wolosky, (Del. The Williams decisions reinterpret parts of Unocal Corp.
At the end of 2021, 12 US states had either enacted or considered diversity legislation, including California, whose AB 979 requiring covered corporations to have at least one director from an underrepresented community by the end of 2021 was overturned by the Los Angeles County Superior Court mere days after the advisory council met.
Investors showed significantly increased support for environmental and social shareholder proposals in the 2021 proxy season and submitted more prescriptive proposals for the 2022 season. See our November 5, 2021, client alert “ SEC Staff Issues New Shareholder Proposal Guidance, Rescinding 2017-2019 Guidance.”). more…).
If 2020 was the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and 2021 was the year of building toward recovery, 2022 offered little respite for directors overseeing companies amid a chaotic business environment. Posted by Ted Sikora, NACD, on Friday, February 10, 2023 Editor's Note: Ted Sikora is a Project Manager, Surveys and Business Analytics at NACD.
Overall stockholder support for such proposals increased slightly compared to 2021. S&P 100 companies saw a similar substantial increase in the number of stockholder proposals in 2022 (the number of such proposals more than doubled); however, overall support declined compared to 2021. more…).
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However, in 2021, compensation jumped 18.3% The significant bump in 2021 could be credited to the fact that many companies elected to reward their CEOs for guiding them through the turbulence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the form of bonuses. Additionally, 2021 was a strong market year prior to any inflation and recession concerns.
Last year, we began tracking these commitments—as well as the concrete actions corporate America was beginning to take—as part of our 2021 Corporate Racial Equity Tracker.
Amid a growing focus on environmental, social & governance (ESG) issues, [1] and following a 2021 proxy season with record support for shareholder proposals on environmental and social (E&S) topics, [2] average support for E&S shareholder proposals declined compared with 2021.
According to Stanford University’s 2022 AI Index Report , private investment in AI in 2021 totaled approximately $93.5 billion—more than double the previous year. But balanced against this promise are significant business risks.
billion paid to S&P 500 CEOs in 2021, at minimum nearly $600 million (8.6%) was based on E&S performance, including approximately $515 million tied to short-term incentives (STIs) and approximately $83 million tied to long-term incentives (LTIs). In recent years, the percentage of U.S. more…).
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