Voting Analytics® for Corporate Issuers

Database of voting policies and records of the largest U.S. institutional investors

Voting Analytics provides access to the proxy voting policies and records of the largest institutional investors in the U.S., with four years of vote records for over 12,000 funds in more than 100 of the top U.S. mutual fund complexes matched to five years of vote results for Russell 3000 companies' meetings. In addition, Voting Analytics includes votes as disclosed in 24 other countries including the United Kingdom.

Corporate issuers and their advisors use our Voting Analytics data to benchmark proposal success rates, assess voting trends, develop stronger proposals and provide strategic insight on institutional investors or proposal outcomes to executive management and the board.

Part of Governance Exchange® for Corporate Issuers, Voting Analytics' web interface and advanced screening functionality makes it easy to identify voting trends based on policies and results, research proposal outcomes and aggregate voting statistics.

• Anticipate the future voting behavior of institutional investors by understanding their past votes and voting policies
• Design stronger proxy proposals by understanding the issues and policies that drive institutional voting practices
• Benchmark proposal frequency and success rates before you issue your proxy, using sophisticated peer analysis tools
• Evaluate the spread of shareholder opinion on major issues, leveraging institutional voting records on a wide range of proposal types
• Better structure and manage communications with institutions by researching current and potential investors and their "hot-button" issues
• Research current shareholder proposals and their proponents

Please contact us for more information on Voting Analytics.

In accordance with our Business Practices, this solution is delivered by ISS Corporate Services, Inc. (ICS), a wholly owned subsidiary of RiskMetrics Group, Inc.