2025 Proxy Season Highlights

The 2025 proxy season marked a pullback in activity, signaling a broader recalibration across the governance landscape. Just 801 shareholder proposals were filed in the Russell 3000, the lowest volume since 2021 (TCB Benchmarking, powered by ESGAUGE, 2025). Regulatory changes, political shifts, and reduced investor engagement contributed to growing uncertainty that is likely to continue as we head into the offseason.

Please join us for our annual webcast in partnership with Cleary Gottlieb on the highlights from this year’s proxy season and impacts on issuers for the offseason and beyond. Discussion topics include:

  • Impact of SEC rulemaking and no-action guidance
  • Prominence of governance proposals
  • Declining support for E+S proposals
  • Say-on-pay results and possible shifts in compensation programs
  • Shifts in investor engagement strategies
  • The impact of this proxy season on the future landscape

Who should attend:
Current and prospective board members; CEOs, general counsel, corporate secretaries, and other C-suite executives; corporate attorneys; investors; corporate governance and other corporate practitioners.

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Helena K. Grannis Lillian Tsu Georgia Magno Andrew Jones, PhD
2025 Proxy Season Highlights
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GOVERNANCE WATCH

2025 Proxy Season Highlights

AUGUST 05, 2025

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The 2025 proxy season marked a pullback in activity, signaling a broader recalibration across the governance landscape. Just 801 shareholder proposals were filed in the Russell 3000, the lowest volume since 2021 (TCB Benchmarking, powered by ESGAUGE, 2025). Regulatory changes, political shifts, and reduced investor engagement contributed to growing uncertainty that is likely to continue as we head into the offseason.

Please join us for our annual webcast in partnership with Cleary Gottlieb on the highlights from this year’s proxy season and impacts on issuers for the offseason and beyond. Discussion topics include:

  • Impact of SEC rulemaking and no-action guidance
  • Prominence of governance proposals
  • Declining support for E+S proposals
  • Say-on-pay results and possible shifts in compensation programs
  • Shifts in investor engagement strategies
  • The impact of this proxy season on the future landscape

Who should attend:
Current and prospective board members; CEOs, general counsel, corporate secretaries, and other C-suite executives; corporate attorneys; investors; corporate governance and other corporate practitioners.

Speakers

Helena K. Grannis

Helena K. Grannis

Partner
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilt…

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Lillian Tsu

Lillian Tsu

Partner
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilt…

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Georgia Magno

Georgia Magno

Chief Legal Officer
Baker Hughes

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Andrew Jones, PhD

Andrew Jones, PhD (Moderator)

Principal Researcher, Governance & Sustainability …
The Conference Board

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