On March 12, the SEC voted (by a vote of three to one, with Commissioner Allison Lee dissenting) to approve amendments to the "accelerated filer" and "large accelerated filer" definitions to provide a narrow carve-out for...more
On August 17, the SEC adopted final amendments relating to an ambitious housekeeping effort, "Disclosure Update and Simplification," a component of the SEC's disclosure effectiveness project. The final amendments address...more
At the end of June, the SEC voted unanimously to amend the definition of "smaller reporting company," or SRC, allowing more companies to take advantage of the scaled disclosures permitted, on an item-by-item basis, for...more
On December 17, 2015, Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced, S2410, the Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2015, which would require public companies to disclose what cybersecurity expertise their...more
On August 5, 2015, the SEC adopted a final rule to implement Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, often referred to as the pay-ratio provision.
The pay-ratio provision mandates...more
8/27/2015
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
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Inflation Adjustments ,
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Non-US Entities ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On July 1, 2015, the SEC issued a proposal to implement the last of the compensation-related provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that remained untouched on the SEC's plate—Section...more
7/27/2015
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Compliance ,
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Executive Compensation ,
Federal Register ,
Form 10-K ,
GAAP ,
Pay-for-Performance ,
Proxy Statements ,
Regulation S-K ,
Rule 10D-1 ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Total Shareholder Return (TSR) ,
W-2 ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
On April 29, 2015, the SEC voted to propose rules requiring public companies to disclose the relationship between compensation actually paid and company financial performance. The proposal comes almost five years after the...more
After years of releases, roundtables and recommendations, the SEC's Divisions of Investment Management and Corporation Finance have posted Staff Legal Bulletin No. 20, "Proxy Voting Responsibilities of Investment Advisers and...more