Nine years on from the first introduction of binding votes on remuneration policies, the triennial 'wave' of renewals has flattened somewhat, due to companies occasionally putting policies to vote outside the three-year cycle as well as newly IPO'd companies joining the index over time. So far this year, 57% of companies have published a new policy for approval (2022: 30%).
Our annual investor outreach exercise at the end of 2022 highlighted three major areas of focus going into the 2023 season:
Following the Investment Association's (IA) updated Principles with respect to Non-Executive Director (NED) fees, which encouraged companies to ensure fees reflect the increased complexity, skillset and time required to fulfil the role, we anticipated an increase in the number of companies reviewing Chairman and NED fees.
Download our report to discover the picture so far.
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2023 FTSE 100 Early Insights | .5 MB |