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  Risk Metrics Group Updates Annual Proxy Voting Policies and Processes for 2010 for Key Compensation Matters

  On November 19, 2009, proxy advisor Risk Metrics Group (RMG), formerly Institutional Shareholder Services, released its annual U.S. Corporate Governance Policy Update, which included significant changes in target equity burn rates for companies in the technology and life sciences sectors, as well as revisions to its methods for evaluating certain executive pay practices, and links between that pay and company performance. This Radford Alert provides a brief overview of RMG’s policy changes, as well as details on the new equity burn rate targets.

In the News

• San Jose Mercury News
  January 3, 2010
  Vice President Brett Harsen is interviewed for this front page San Jose Mercury News article that discusses the current state and future of stock option use by technology companies in Silicon Valley
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• Agenda
  November 18, 2009
  Vice President Brett Harsen discusses how Risk Metrics' changing guidance caused some companies to cancel or revise their repricing plans
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• The Recorder
  August 31, 2009
  Vice President Jon Burg gives a consulting perspective of the current state of underwater exchange programs for The Recorder, a California legal publication
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• Workforce Management
  August 5, 2009
  Vice President Brett Harsen is interviewed for this article discussing the growing number of employers that are allowing employees to exchange underwater options via underwater exchange programs
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