A prominent advisor to big-time investors has urged clients to vote against Microsoft’s pay package for its new CEO, Satya Nadella, saying that his compensation this year was out of whack when compared to competing companies and the firm’s track record.

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), which advises institutional shareholders, recommended that they cast a “No” vote at Microsoft’s shareholder meeting two weeks from today.

ISS blasted Microsoft’s entire approach to Nadella’s compensation, calling his February stock grant a “mega equity award,” arguing that his annual incentive stock plan “lacks a strong connection to objectively measured company performance,” and noting that millions will be handed to him simply because he’s there.

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