On December 18, 2015, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) published its US Summary Proxy Voting Guidelines, effective for stockholders' meetings on or after February 1, 2016. This release follows the November 2015 publication of the ISS 2016 Proxy Voting Guideline Updates (see Legal Update, ISS Releases 2016 Proxy Voting Guideline Updates).

ISS also published 2016 summary proxy voting guidelines for Canada, the Asia-Pacific, and other regions. For more information, see the ISS website.

Update: On January 22, 2016, ISS published its US Concise Proxy Voting Guidelines. On February 23, 2016, ISS updated its US Summary Proxy Voting Guidelines Proxy. For more information, see the ISS website.