Ipass Inc. (M&A Insight Note)

• Ipass Inc. (Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ)): $250.00
  ...The board is controlled by a supermajority of independent outsiders (independent outsiders greater than ##%) The nominating committee is comprised solely of independent outside directors The compensation committee is comprised solely of independent outside directors The company has a committee that oversees governance issues and the committee met in the past year There are between nine and ## directors serving on the board The CEO serves on the boards of two or fewer other companies No former CEO of the company serves on the board The performance of the board is reviewed regularly A board approved CEO succession plan is in place Board members have express authority to retain outside advisors One or more director (but less than a majority of the board) has participated in an "ISS endorsed" director education program during the past two years All directors attended at least ##% percent of the board meetings in the past year or had a valid excuse for absences...
• Ipass Inc. (M&A Insight Note): $100.00
  ...ICS and ISS are subsidiaries of RiskMetrics Group, Inc. (RMG ), a provider of financial risk management analytics and solutions. While ICS and ISS are separate legal entities, the products and services provided by ICS and ISS are all branded as part of the RiskMetrics Group family. This issuer may be a client of ISS, ICS, or ISS parent compa ny, RMG, or the parent of, or affiliated with, a client of ISS, IC S, or RMG. ISS may in some circumstances afford issuers, whether or not they are ICS clients, the right to review draft research analyses so that factual inaccuracies may be corrected before the recommendations are finalized. Control of research analyses and voting recommendations remains, at all times, with ISS. Three of RMG s largest stockholders, General Atlantic, Spectru m Equity Investors, and Technology Crossover Ventures, are private equity investors whose business activities include making equity and debt investments in public and privately-held companies....