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		<title>Boards Beware of Growing Executive Compensation Packages</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/02/01/guest-contributor-boards-beware-of-growing-executive-compensation-packages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Galban</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chubb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chubb Group of Insurance Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say on pay]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Anthony Galban Some 25 years ago I attended a crowded and agitated shareholders meeting for a Fortune 500 company. During the meeting, a shareholder held up a large and colorful chart for the meeting attendees to see. The chart showed the change in the CEO’s compensation compared to shareholder return over the past several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governance Practices of IPO Companies – Is Carlyle More Mainstream Than You Thought?</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/30/governance-practices-of-ipo-companies-is-carlyle-more-mainstream-than-you-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/30/governance-practices-of-ipo-companies-is-carlyle-more-mainstream-than-you-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Blackford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carlyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Davis Polk & Wardwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Directors' Compensation and Board Practices Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Weinstein]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1863</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Director Note by Richard Sandler and Elizabeth Weinstein, Davis Polk &#38; Wardell, recently published by The Conference Board examines the corporate governance practices of the top 50 IPO companies from 2009 through August 2011. A copy of the full Director Note is available here. Certainly, the Carlyle IPO may become the poster child for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Trends for Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics and Compliance</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/27/2012-trends-for-corporate-social-responsibility-and-ethics-and-compliance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Blackford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Compliance insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate social responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[csr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D&O Diary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FCPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forbes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gibson Dunn & Crutcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santiago Zorzopulos Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Priest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Mohin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilmer Hale]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last of my series of posts about trends for 2012, I found two articles of particular interest. Corporate Social Responsibility In an article by Tim Mohin, director of corporate social responsibility at Advanced Micro Devices, published in Forbes, Mohin describes ten key developments to watch in 2012 in corporate social responsibility.  Global pressures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYSE Limiting Broker Discretion for Governance Proposals</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/26/nyse-limiting-broker-discretion-for-governance-proposals/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/26/nyse-limiting-broker-discretion-for-governance-proposals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Blackford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate governance code]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shareholders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Stock Exchange announced new restrictions in the application of its Rule 452 regarding brokers’ ability to vote uninstructed customer shares. Under Rule 452, the NYSE will no longer permit brokers to vote customer shares, without specific customer instructions, on the following governance proposals: Destaggering a company’s board of directors; Majority voting in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A Activity in 2012</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/25/ma-activity-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Blackford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While we are in a contemplative mood with respect to what may happen in 2012, I turned to the topic of mergers and acquisitions.  Cleary Gottlieb Steen &#38; Hamilton LLP recently published an advisory about what boards of directors may face in 2012, and one of the major topics was 2012 mergers and acquisition activity.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Separation of Chair/CEO Roles</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/20/separation-of-chairceo-roles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Blackford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate governance code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 Director Compensation and Board Practices Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afscme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[separation of Chair/CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Chairmen’s Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Conference Board Governance Center]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The decision of whether or not to separate the chair and chief executive roles remains a hot governance topic for public companies, boards, and shareholders.  While the number of companies separating the roles of board chair and CEO has grown significantly over the past five years, it is not yet a majority practice in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governance Challenges and Priorities for 2012</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/18/governance-challenges-and-priorities-for-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/18/governance-challenges-and-priorities-for-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Blackford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[directors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Sheehan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calstrs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Elson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clawbacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate political spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgeson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gotshal & Manges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ira M. Millstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matteo tonello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike McCauley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nasdaq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay for performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proxy access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhonda Brauer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shareholder activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stanford University's Rock Center for Corporate Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Conference Board Governance Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TIAA-CREF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What are the biggest corporate governance challenges and issues for 2012?  I spoke with a number of investors and other governance experts, and here’s what they said: Executive compensation will continue in the spotlight.  Jonathan Feigelson, general counsel and head of corporate governance, TIAA-CREF predicts that executive compensation will continue to be a lightning rod [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Compensation&#8211;Tips for Preparing Your Company&#8217;s 2012 Proxy Statement</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/13/executive-compensation-tips-for-preparing-your-companys-2012-proxy-statement/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/13/executive-compensation-tips-for-preparing-your-companys-2012-proxy-statement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Blackford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Proxy Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgeson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James F. Reda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhonda Brauer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Ellen Wolf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Conference Board Governance Center]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the Governance Center held a webcast on Executive Compensation and the 2012 Proxy Season.  Our panelists had a number of tips for companies as they approach the second year of say on pay and prepare their proxy statements:  &#160; Don’t be overconfident.  Even if your company received significant majority support for its say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New twist to executive compensation disclosures</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/06/sec-verizon-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/06/sec-verizon-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcel Bucsescu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proxy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1794</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The web has been buzzing today about the recent agreement between Verizon Communications Inc. and the SEC. The agreement, detailed in a Wall Street Journal article, lays out the details. In short, Verizon will increase the disclosed pay for former CEO Ivan Seidenberg by $20 Million for 2009 and 2010 due to discretionary grants given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governance Watch &#8211; The 2012 Proxy Season</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/03/2012-proxy-season/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/01/03/2012-proxy-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcel Bucsescu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proxy season]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 16th, as people were preparing to shut down their computers for the holidays, we held a Governance Center webcast to review the key issues affecting 2012 Proxy Season. You can view the recording from that session below. View the recording: Governance Watch &#8211; What to Expect in the 2012 Proxy Season And as a [...]]]></description>
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