ISS is pleased to present the 2007 Proxy Season Watchlist, which offers the latest data on the number of key corporate governance shareholder proposals for the 2007 proxy season.

Watchlist highlights to-date include:

* There are 99 pending proposals on majority vote to elect directors versus 94 that came to a vote in 2006.
* There are 39 pending proposals on linking pay-to-performance versus 17 that came to a vote in 2006.
* There are 40 pending proposals to report on or disclose political contributions versus 28 that came to a vote in 2006.

The Watchlist will be updated twice monthly. We encourage you to visit this page often for all the latest shareholder proposal numbers.