ISS today released its 2007 Board Practices, Board Pay Study, a report that examines the board structure and compensation of boards of directors at S&P 1500 companies based on 2006 disclosures. The most significant study finding was that the proportion of S&P 500 companies with classified boards dropped dramatically by 8 percentage points. This led, for the first time, to a majority of these companies holding annual elections for all of their directors.

To learn more about the findings from the study, please listen to ISS' Governance Leadership Interview with Carol Bowie, Vice President of Governance Research Services.