ISS Releases Its 2014 U.S. Proxy Voting Summary Guidelines
On January 13, 2014, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) released its 2014 U.S. Proxy Voting Summary Guidelines (the “Guidelines”), outlining ISS’s voting recommendations on management and shareholder proposals at publicly traded companies. While most of the recommendations therein are identical or substantially similar to those in last year’s Guidelines, ISS has made several notable changes to its voting recommendations.