Remuneration

Company News

22 Jul 2016 / Company News

NewRiver Retail (NRR) Reconstruction and Complex Pay Scheme

NewRiver Retail announced before their AGM on the 12th July that they were going to change their domicile from Guernsey to the UK. This will assist with their…

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Corporate Governance

12 Jul 2016 / Corporate Governance

May The Force Be With You

That is surely an appropriate headline to follow the selection of Theresa May as Prime Minister designate. That was particularly so when she promised to attack the company…

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Company News

23 Jun 2016 / Company News

Whitbread AGM Report – More Fun Than Lloyds?

The Whitbread Annual General Meeting took place at Church House Conference Centre in Westminster on the 21st June. This was one of the few FTSE-100 AGMs I have…

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Blog

16 Jun 2016 / Blog

Berkeley Results, Pay, Brexit and AIM

We are now definitely in the usual summer doldrums in the market, compounded by the uncertainty over Brexit. It is obvious that private investors have been taking their…

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Company News

9 Jun 2016 / Company News

WPP Pay and AGM Report

So 33% of investors in WPP voted against Sir Martin Sorrell’s pay package of £70 million for last year at yesterday’s AGM which made him the highest paid…

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Company News

8 Jun 2016 / Company News

All FTSE-100 CEO Pay Too High

ShareSoc Director Cliff Weight was interviewed on Bloomberg this morning (prior to the WPP Annual General Meeting). He suggested all FTSE-100 CEO pay was too high and it…

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Corporate Governance

20 May 2016 / Corporate Governance

ShareSoc Launches New Director Remuneration Guidelines

ShareSoc has issued the following press release on its new Remuneration Guidelines. These Guidelines have been developed by ShareSoc Director Cliff Weight who has substantial experience in these…

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Company News

18 May 2016 / Company News

Pay at WPP

ShareSoc has issued a press release advising investors to vote against the Remuneration Report at WPP Plc. In particular we think the pay of CEO Sir Martin Sorrell…

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Company News

29 Apr 2016 / Company News

Pay at Weir, Reckitt-Benckiser and WPP

Yesterday saw Weir Group Plc defeated on pay. Both the Remuneration Report and Remuneration Policy resolutions were lost with 73% and 70% of votes AGAINST them respectively. This…

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Company News

22 Apr 2016 / Company News

Anglo American and Pay

Following ShareSoc’s recommendation to vote against the Remuneration Report at Anglo American, yesterday the company received 42% of shareholders votes AGAINST it. Other advisory bodies also recommended opposition…

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Blog

18 Apr 2016 / Blog

Vote Against Remuneration at RELX

ShareSoc is advising its Members to vote against the Remuneration Report resolution at the RELX Annual General Meeting on 21 April 2016. ShareSoc consider the pay of the…

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Company News

15 Apr 2016 / Company News

Persimmon AGM and Remuneration

On the same day as BP held its Annual General Meeting (AGM), and got snubbed by shareholders over its Remuneration Report, house building company Persimmon held its AGM…

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