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SURVEY METHODOLOGY
We reviewed the corporate governance and
compensation practices of 100 of the largest
U.S. public, non-controlled companies that have
equity securities listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ.
These companies, which we selected based on
a combination of their latest annual revenues
and market capitalizations, are referred to as
the "Top 100 Companies." Generally, we derived
the data in this Survey from the annual proxy
statements, compensation committee charters
and corporate governance guidelines posted
on the companies' websites and available as of
June 1, 2017 (except where otherwise noted).
SHEARMAN & STERLING WOULD LIKE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS
FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS SURVEY:
Nell Beekman
Matthew Behrens
Rupa Briggs
Melisa Brower
Jane Collins
Thomas Eikenbrod
Margaret Eleazar-Smith
Jai Garg
Jake Glazeski
Kelly Hamren-Anderson
Sue Kim
Minsoo Kwon
Nicholas Lamb
David Ling
Kara Margolis
Chika Oparaji
Shari Salter
Rafaela Schorr
Frederick Shanks
Matthew Weston
Daniel Yao
100
U.S. public companies surveyed.
DATA DERIVED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, INCLUDING:
INDUSTRIES OF SURVEYED COMPANIES:
Annual Proxy
Statements
Compensation
Committee
Charters
Corporate
Governance
Guidelines
7
15
20
15
23
20
Energy
Financial Services
Healthcare
Industrials
Retail / Consumer Products
TMT
