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Institutional Shareholder Services Proxy Guidelines 2015

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Institutional Shareholders Services ("ISS") published its first standalone UK and Ireland Proxy Voting Guidelines: 2015 Benchmark Policy Recommendations on 7 January 2015.

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Institutional Shareholders Services ("ISS") published its first standalone UK and Ireland Proxy Voting Guidelines: 2015 Benchmark Policy Recommendations on 7 January 2015. The Voting Guidelines contain vote recommendations for UK and Irish listed companies, as well as companies incorporated in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. Smaller companies and investment companies are dealt with separately.

The Voting Guidelines cover the following five core areas:

  • Operational items;
  • Board of directors;
  • Remuneration;
  • Capital structure; and
  • Other items including approvals of M&A transactions, related-party transactions, incorporation and shareholder proposals.

The Voting Guidelines raise several other points:

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