Counsel Gillian Emmett Moldowan (New York-Compensation, Governance & ERISA) recently wrote an article for PLI Current titled “Effectively Telling Your Executive Compensation Story as an Activist Defensive Measure.” In this article, Gillian describes how effectively telling your company’s executive compensation story in your proxy statement can act as a key defensive measure against potential activist campaigns. “Not only can it mitigate the occurrence of an activist campaign,” she says, “but it can also provide a key opportunity to show other shareholders how the company is already on the right track.”

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