With peak meeting day in the rear-view window and wrapping up the last of the four busiest meeting days of the year today, more and more issuers are reporting their meeting results—and it’s time to take stock of what the numbers are telling us. Through today and among Russell 3000 companies, ISS has issued recommendations on more than 22,000 ballot items at 2,244 companies. And voting results are coming in quickly—we’re calling this proxy season “half-time” because, as of today, just over half—52.4% – of the Russell 3000 has disclosed 2017 shareholder vote results.

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