Spencer Stuart’s report on S&P MidCap 400 governance practices includes informative benchmarking data for this infrequently surveyed group from their most recent proxy statements filed between June 1, 2020 and June 1, 2021. The report includes data on new director attributes, board composition, board leadership structures, board meeting frequency, board committee structure and organization, and director refreshment policies, as well as comparisons with the S&P 500. A convenient feature at the bottom of the online version allows the user to generate the MidCap data as compared to S&P 500 data by selected topic, as illustrated here:
We recently reported on the S&P 500 here (see “S&P 500 Board Practices Benchmarking”).
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This post first appeared in the weekly Society Alert!