June 21, 2023 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
Transitioning from Emerging Growth Company Status – What Comes Next?
Download a pdf of this article » Since its creation as part of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (“JOBS”) Act in 2012, the classification of small technology and life sciences companies as “emerging growth companies,” or “EGCs,” has been a resounding success, with hundreds of companies taking advantage of its “test the waters” process to conduct an IPO and relaxed reporting requirements as a...Read MoreJune 19, 2023 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
New SEC Rules on Disclosure of Stock Options Granted in Proximity to Disclosure of Material Nonpublic Information to Go into Effect in 2024
Download a pdf of this article » As part of its recent rulemaking governing insider trading arrangements and the affirmative defense provided by Exchange Act Rule 10b5-1 to trading on the basis of material nonpublic information, the SEC adopted additional rules which will require public companies to provide new disclosure in their annual reports on Form 10-K and definitive proxy statements...Read MoreJune 8, 2023 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
Effective Date for New Compensation Recovery (“Clawback”) Policy Listing Standards to be Extended Until October
Download a pdf of this article » On June 5 and June 6, 2023, the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”), respectively, filed amendments to their initial filings proposing new listing standards to implement Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the provision which requires listed companies to adopt, disclose, and...Read MoreJanuary 13, 2023 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
Glass Lewis Publishes Updates to 2023 U.S. Voting Policy Guidelines
Download a pdf of this article » Glass Lewis recently published updates to its voting policy guidelines for U.S. companies applicable to annual meetings of shareholders starting January 1, 2023. In addition to clarifying several of its existing executive compensation policies, including a pair related to the SEC’s recent adoption of final rules governing “pay-versus-performance” disclosure and...Read MoreJanuary 4, 2023 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
BlackRock Updates Executive Compensation Guidelines and Further Expands Voting Choice for 2023 Annual Meetings
Download a pdf of this article » On December 19, 2022, BlackRock released its 2023 U.S. proxy voting guidelines. Among other revisions, the guidelines contain several changes to BlackRock’s executive compensation policies that may be of interest to compensation committees of technology and life sciences companies. Key changes include. New language indicating that compensation structures...Read MoreDecember 26, 2022 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
ISS Issues 2023 Benchmark Voting Policy Updates, Compensation and Equity Plan FAQs And Burn Rate Tables
Download a pdf of this article » Earlier this month, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) published its annual updates to its U.S. benchmark voting policy guidelines for the 2023 proxy season, as well as several supplemental documents that elaborate on its U.S. executive compensation benchmark policy guidelines for 2023. These documents include Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) for...Read MoreNovember 8, 2022 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
SEC Adopts Compensation Recovery (“Clawback”) Policy and Disclosure Rules
Download a pdf of this article » On August 26, 2022, the SEC adopted final rules under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requiring the Commission and the national securities exchanges to prohibit the listing of companies that do not adopt, disclose, and enforce a compensation recovery (“clawback”) policy that applies to incentive-based compensation provided to their...Read MoreSeptember 9, 2022 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
SEC Adopts New Rules for “Pay Versus Performance” Disclosure Requirement
Download a pdf of this article » (This Thoughtful Pay Alert has been updated to revise the table on page 2) The SEC has taken another significant stride towards completing its executive compensation-related rulemaking required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. On August 25, 2022, the SEC adopted a new rule to implement the Dodd-Frank Act “pay-versus-performance”...Read MoreJuly 14, 2022 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
Changes to GICS Code Classification System to Take Effect in 2023
Download a pdf of this article » Earlier this year, S&P Dow Jones Indices and MSCI, Inc. announced limited changes to the Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS”) structure to take place in March 2023. These changes will involve reclassifying companies across five GICS sectors and likely affect many Internet and e-commerce companies, including such companies as Block (formerly...Read MoreJuly 8, 2022 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
ISS Issues Mid-Year Reminder about Updating Compensation Peer Group
Download a pdf of this article » Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) has issued its annual mid-year reminder inviting companies to update their self-constructed compensation peer groups for consideration as part of its review of their executive compensation program in connection with Annual Meetings of Shareholders to be held during the remainder of 2022. ISS considers a company’s...Read MoreJune 17, 2022 Thoughtful Pay Alerts
SEC Mulls Changes to Proposed “Pay Versus Performance” Disclosure Rules
Download a pdf of this article » The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken another step towards completing the executive compensation-related rulemaking triggered almost 12 years ago by the Dodd-Frank Act. In January 2022, the SEC announced that it was reopening the comment period on rules it originally proposed in 2015 (the “Proposed Rules”) to satisfy new Section 14(i) of the...Read MoreMay 26, 2022 Thoughtful Pay Alerts