The primary development in executive compensation disclosure for the 2025 proxy season is new Item 402(x) under Regulation S-K, relating to the disclosure of stock option grant timing policies and practices. Companies with...more
Dodd-Frank clawback policies require covered companies to promptly recover any “erroneously award compensation” received by certain current or former “executive officers.” “Erroneously awarded compensation” refers to...more
6/25/2024
/ Clawbacks ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Financial Statements ,
Form 8-K ,
Nasdaq ,
NYSE ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq amended their previously proposed clawback listing standards on June 5 and June 6 respectively to give listed companies until December 1 to adopt required clawback policies. On...more
6/14/2023
/ Capital Markets ,
Clawbacks ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Listing Standards ,
Nasdaq ,
NYSE ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
Recent updates from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) make it likely that companies will need to finalize clawback policies compliant with the Dodd-Frank Act by early August 2023....more
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a Generic Legal Advice Memorandum, GLAM 2020-004 (the IRS Memo) dated May 18, 2020 addressing the timing of income and payroll tax withholding on three types of employee...more
Recently proposed IRS regulations reverse the reasoning of several past IRS private letter rulings regarding the application of the $1 million compensation cap of Section 162(m) to UPREIT structures in publicly traded REITs...more
2/27/2020
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Compensation Agreements ,
Corporate Structures ,
Employee Benefits ,
Executive Compensation ,
IRS ,
Private Letter Rulings ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
REIT ,
Section 162(m) ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Planning ,
UPREITS
New SEC disclosure rules regarding hedging are now in effect. As a technical matter, these rules do not require a publicly traded company to implement a hedging policy. They merely require a company to disclose information...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will make major changes to the $1 million limit on deductible compensation contained in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code....more
12/21/2017
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Executive Compensation ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pending Legislation ,
Section 162(m) ,
Stock Options ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration
Both Nasdaq and the NYSE have issued guidance clarifying that no stockholder approval is required for equity plan amendments permitting increased share withholding. Earlier this year, the Financial Accounting Standards Board...more