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Building Better Boards
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• Leadership Structures
• Succession Planning
• Board Composition/Diversity
• Director Development
• Service Restrictions
Trends in Board Governance
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• Define board/committee chair qualifications to utilize for evaluation and recruitment
• Independent chairs are a hot topic for shareholders
– Ranked third for proposals put forth in the 2012 proxy season
• Boards are trending toward splitting chair and CEO roles
– 45% in 2013 versus 23% ten years ago
Board Leadership
Spencer Stuart US Board Index 2013
Deloitte. “The Split CEO/Chairman Structure Debate.” The Wall Street Journal, CFO Journal 2012
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• Responsibility of nominating/governance committees
• Lack of planning can lead to:
– Entrenchment
– Challenges to re-election of directors
– Shareholder proposals
• Institutional investors are increasingly expecting boards to have and disclose director succession plans
Board Succession Planning
Respelier, Patrick and Scott Gootee “Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee Update”Stinson Morrison Hecker Director’s Institute & 2014 Proxy Season Workshop. 4 December 2014
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Board Succession Planning
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• Plan ahead
• Determine preferences rather than replicating
background of departing directors
• Consider long term company strategy and
emerging trends against the current and future board
composition
Hanson, Lee & Les Csorba. Heidrick & Struggles Governance Letter “Be Strategic…” 2013
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Board Composition Matrix
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Director/Candidate
Critical Requirements Preferred Attributes Totals
Cultural/Gender Diversity
Financial Expert (Audit Chair)
Industry Operations
Social Media EntrepreneurialCustomer
KnowledgeIPO Experience M&A
Sales/Business Development
Total Critical Overall Total
Illbe There 1 1 1 2 3
Justin Case 1 1 1 1 3 4
Helen Back 1 1 1 1 3 4
Ima Example 1 1 1 2 3
John Doe 1 1 1
Brian Melby 1 1 1
Jack Nimble 1 1 1 2
Industry, financial, and operational expertise cited most often
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Board Composition - Diversity
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• Boardroom diversity is progressing slowly
• Customer demographics ≠ director diversity
– 73% of Fortune 500 directors are white men and four of five new board appointments are filled by men
• Lack of diverse perspectives can pose a governance risk…and PR problems (Apple, Twitter, Facebook)
• Forward-thinking boards consider skills/experience - not just titles
Catalyst, “Setting the Record Straight.” 2012
Alliance for Board Diversity. “Missing Pieces: Women & Minorities on Fortune 500 Boards” August 2013
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Director Development• Orientation needs to prepare new directors for more
immediate impact
• Continued director education is critical in dynamic business environments
• Board Assessments & Evaluations
– Most significant listed companies in the US have an annual assessment process – not all are robust
– 35% of directors believe that someone on their board should be replaced
Spencer Stuart US Board Index 2012
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Rogers, Mark. Forbes “Sarbanes-Oxley Ten Years Later” July 2012
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• Limitations on executive outside board service are becoming more prevalent
• US companies are trending away from mandatory retirement and term limits– Companies with a mandatory retirement age dropped from 79% to
73% in the past five years– Only 16 companies on the S&P 500 had director term limits in
2013, none shorter than 10 years (down from 25 companies in 2009)
– 64% of directors have served 10-15 years and another 5% have served 15+ years
Service Restrictions
Hymowitz, Carol & Jeff Green. Businessnweek “Corporate Directors Get Older, Hold Their Seats Longer” May 2013
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• Tim Barton– Executive Chairman & Founder, Freightquote.com
• Robert Druten– Audit, Finance, and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee
Member, Kansas City Southern– Board Chair & Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee
Member, EPR Properties
• William Lyons– Nominating/Governance Committee Chair, NIC, Inc.– Nominating/Governance and Compensation Committee Member,
Morningstar, Inc.
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Questions?
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Angie SalmonSenior Vice President
EFL Associates11440 Tomahawk Creek Parkway | Leawood, KS
66211Direct: 913. 234.1576 www.eflassociates.com