Archived Alerts

Complying With the CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure Requirement

Download a pdf of this article » This Thoughtful Disclosure Alert is no longer current as it does not reflect the guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2017. An updated version of this Thoughtful Disclosure Alert, reflecting the September guidance, is available here . STARTING IN 2018, public companies will be required to disclose in their annual report on...Read More

The CEO Pay Ratio Rule: Determining Your Employee Population

Download a pdf of this article » This Thoughtful Disclosure Alert is no longer current as it does not reflect the guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2017. An updated version of this Thoughtful Disclosure Alert, reflecting the September guidance, is available here . STARTING IN 2018, public companies will be required to disclose in their annual report on...Read More

The CEO Pay Ratio Rule: The Foreign Employee Exemptions

Download a pdf of this article » This Thoughtful Disclosure Alert is no longer current as it does not reflect the guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2017. An updated version of this Thoughtful Disclosure Alert, reflecting the September guidance, is available here . STARTING IN 2018, public companies will be required to disclose in their annual report on...Read More

ISS Seeks Comment on New Equity Plan “Scorecard” Policy

Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) is soliciting comment on a proposed new methodology for formulating its voting recommendations on equity compensation plans proposals, which will be implemented for the upcoming 2015 proxy season. This Thoughtful Pay Alert summarizes what we currently know about the pending new policy. Background For the past 12 months, ISS has been indicating that it...Read More

ISS to Launch Updated Governance QuickScore 2.0 in February

On January 8, 2014, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), the prominent corporate governance advisory services firm, announced that it will soon launch Governance QuickScore 2.0, an updated version of its corporate governance risk assessment tool for Russell 3000 companies in the United States and certain companies in other countries. QuickScore 2.0 will reflect a revised methodology for...Read More