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Survey Results Reveal Attitudes About Pay Equity Disclosure

Martin Rosenbaum
March 09, 2012 04:13

According to a recent survey about the “pay equity” disclosures that will be required in future public company proxy statements, most respondents believe the requirement will be fairly burdensome, but many respondents haven’t spent much time figuring out specifically how their...

The Psychology of Equity Awards - A Compensation Consultant's View

Martin Rosenbaum
February 24, 2012 03:29

This time of year, many public companies are drafting the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of their proxy statement, including a description of how the company’s executive compensation program aligns the interests of executives with those of shareholders. But do the elements of...

Incentive Design Study Sheds Light on Compensation Practices

Martin Rosenbaum
February 17, 2012 03:56

As we approach the second proxy season featuring Say-on-Pay votes, public companies are under increasing pressure to describe how executive pay is tied to company performance. The compensation consulting firm James F. Reda & Associates recently issued its “Study of 2010 Short- and...

Facebook IPO Includes Insider-Friendly Corporate Governance Provisions

Martin Rosenbaum
February 02, 2012 22:35

As nearly everyone knows by now, Facebook, Inc. filed its initial registration statement yesterday with the SEC, leading toward an initial public offering. As the filing reveals, Facebook’s corporate structure includes some corporate governance provisions that founder Mark Zuckerberg and...

"Sue-on-Pay" Litigation Update: The Good News and the Bad for Boards

Martin Rosenbaum
January 26, 2012 23:49

In recent weeks, there have been several important developments in litigation against companies that have experienced negative Say-on-Pay votes – what I refer to as “Sue-on-Pay” cases. It’s a good time to put these events into perspective. For public companies concerned...