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New C&DIs Clarify Some Clawback Disclosure Questions

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Recently issued interpretive guidance from the SEC staff offers some answers for companies that find themselves having to decide whether and when to check one or both of the boxes on Form 10-K related to financial...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Checking the Box(es): SEC Issues New Guidance Clarifying Clawback Expectations

On April 11, 2025, the Staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance released six Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) that address the Form 10-K restatement checkboxes and related disclosures under Item...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Additional SEC Guidance on Pay versus Performance Disclosure for 2023 Proxy Season

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Most reporting companies are required to provide pay versus performance disclosure in their 2023 proxy statements as a result of rules finalized by the Securities and Exchange Commission in September 2022....more

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Are You Prepared? Important Reminders for the 2020 Form 10-K and Proxy Season

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During the past year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a number of amendments to its rules and regulations and issued additional guidance that will impact the Form 10-Ks and proxy statements that public...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Did You Remember These Developments for the 2020 SEC Reporting Season?

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Preparations for annual reporting on Form 10-K and the 2020 proxy season have begun in earnest for many companies. We have summarized certain governance and disclosure developments that should be considered in the course of...more

Perkins Coie

SEC Issues New Guidance to Help Companies Prepare CEO Pay Ratio Disclosures

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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently issued new guidance to help companies prepare their pay ratio disclosures that provides some relief for companies—and further validates that these rules are highly unlikely to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC Relaxes Pay Ratio Rules to Facilitate 2018 Proxy Disclosures

On September 21, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an interpretive release and new/revised C&DIs to assist companies in their efforts to comply with the pay ratio disclosure requirement. The guidance...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

"It all sounds very reasonable..." New SEC Guidance Emphasizes Reasonableness and Flexibility in CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure

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On September 21, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published an interpretative release and related compliance and disclosure interpretations (“C&DIs”) for registrants regarding the CEO pay ratio...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC Relaxes Pay Ratio Rules To Facilitate 2018 Proxy Disclosures

On September 21, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an interpretive release and new/revised C&DIs to assist companies in their efforts to comply with the pay ratio disclosure requirement. The guidance...more

Bracewell LLP

SEC Adopts Interpretive Guidance on Pay Ratio Rule

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On September 21, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it approved interpretive guidance to assist registrants in their efforts to comply with the pay ratio disclosure requirement in Item 402(u) of...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Issues Additional Guidance on CEO Pay Ratio Rule

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On September 21, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released several items that provide additional guidance on the CEO Pay Ratio Rule (the “Rule”): (1) SEC interpretive guidance; (2) Revised pay...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC and Staff Issue Welcome Guidance Introducing Flexibility and Practicality to Pay Ratio Rules

On September 21, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an interpretive release on the pay ratio disclosure requirements in Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K, and the staff of the Division of Corporation...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New SEC Pay Ratio Disclosure Guidance

As everyone knows by now, the SEC amended Item 402 of Regulation S-K, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act, to state that all companies required to provide executive compensation disclosure under Item 402(c) of Regulation S-K...more

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SEC Issues Pay Ratio Guidance

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With the first required pay ratio disclosures only a few months away, the Commission, on September 21, 2017, issued an interpretative release intended to assist registrants in their compliance efforts. The guidance in the...more

Stoel Rives LLP

In Case You Missed It - Interesting Items for Corporate Counsel - December 2016

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As the SEC as we know it labors through its last five weeks, we note the following activities: - Publication last week of 35 CDIs, covering a host of topics, including Regulation S and qualified institutional buyer...more

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SEC Releases New Interpretations on CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure

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On October 18, 2016, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission published five new Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (CDIs) related to CEO pay ratio disclosures. The CDIs...more

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