Public companies should consider a number of items for 2019, including recent SEC and proxy advisory developments and other perennial executive compensation considerations.

Even as the US government shutdown continues to create complexities for many companies,1 it is business as usual for US public companies that are continuing their annual planning for the upcoming proxy season. Although 2019 introduces fewer significant changes than 2018 to the executive compensation landscape, this Client Alert offers a brief summary of the key executive compensation-related reminders and considerations that public companies should continue to prioritize early in 2019 and in the course of their preparations for the proxy season.