Recently, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) released updates to its voting policies for 2025, including new and updated responses to its Compensation Policies FAQs and new Value-Adjusted Burn Rate Benchmarks (based...more
Glass Lewis (“GL”) recently released its annual Benchmark Policy Guidelines for 2024. This update makes several changes to how the proxy advisory firm will evaluate company policies related to executive compensation. ...more
1/9/2024
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Dodd-Frank ,
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Glass Lewis ,
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Willful Misconduct
A potentially overlooked but important issue that public companies should have in mind when granting option or option-like awards is avoiding the unintentional appearance of “spring-loading” and “bullet-dodging,” both of...more
7/7/2023
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Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Investigations ,
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“An incentive compensation program should drive behavior, engagement and results that a company wants its employees, customers and investors to know are important to it. Incorporate ESG incrementally and with that broader...more
The SEC’s final rule on Pay Versus Performance becomes effective on October 8, 2022, and will require new executive compensation disclosures for the upcoming proxy season (for annual proxy statements that include executive...more
9/23/2022
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CD&A ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Employee Benefits ,
Executive Compensation ,
Financial Reporting ,
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New Rules ,
Pensions ,
Performance Standards ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Shareholders ,
Smaller Reporting Companies ,
Total Shareholder Return (TSR)