Gretchen Morgenson, The New York Times, January 7, 2007. Mike Sorensen is quoted regarding the size of parachutes that could be seen during the 2006 proxy season, the first under the Securities and Exchange Commission's new executive compensation disclosure rules.
Link to Article Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently released its U.S. Corporate Governance Policy Updates for 2007. This Client Briefing looks at the new ISS policies that impact compensation and things companies should watch for when they put an equity compensation plan proposal to shareholders for approval in light of the new policies. This Client Briefing also includes tables that look at trends in average shareholder value transfer (SVT) by industry, trends in SVT cost of firms in the S&P 500 Index, and detail ISS' 2007 industry burn rates for Russell 3000 companies and non-Russell 3000 companies.
Download Client Briefing (PDF) Anna Snider, Crafting a Corporate Board, annual publication from publishers of Corporate Secretary and IR Magazines, 2007 issue, page 20. Lynn Joy is quoted throughout regarding how to best align CEO pay with performance.
This Client Alert looks at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently issued amendments to the proxy disclosure rules that were finalized in July 2006. The amendments generally align the proxy disclosure of values associated with awards covered by FAS 123R with the expense recognition specified by FAS 123R. These amendments take the form of interim final rules that will be effective upon publication in the Federal Register and will have the same effective date as the recently finalized proxy disclosure rules. The SEC has provided a 30 day comment period.
Download Client Alert (PDF) Edward A. Hauder, BNA's Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal, Vo. 34, No. 11, November 3, 2006, pp. 275-299.
This Client Briefing looks at the SEC requirements for the CD&A, discusses why a CD&A template is not provided, provides a sample outline for the CD&A, and provides a checklist of key questions companies can use as they prepare their own CD&As, including questions that will be critical to address.
Download Client Briefing (PDF) This Client Briefing cuts to the chase and provides only the checklist of key questions companies can use as they prepare their own CD&As, including questions that will be critical to address.
Download Client Briefing (PDF) Eric Krell, Business Finance, July 2006, p. 22. Edward Hauder is quoted regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission's new executive compensation disclosure rules.
Edward Hauder, Compliance Week, June 6, 2006, pp. 36-37.
Rob Garver, CFO Magazine, February 16, 2006. Ross Zimmerman is quoted on how companies can merge and avoid common mistakes.
Richard Carpenter, Crafting a Corporate Board, annual publication from publishers of Corporate Secretary and IR Magazines, 2006 issue, pages 24-25. Lynn Joy is quoted throughout regarding increasing director pay as a result of increasing director liability and minimizing the risk for compensation committees through the use of solid processes and evaluation systems.
Ross Zimmerman, Journal of Compensation and Benefits, March/April 2005, pp. 12-17.
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