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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Reminder for Public Companies Granting Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights: Don't Forget New Item 402(x) Disclosure

As public company issuers prepare for the 2025 reporting season, issuers should be reminded (or made aware) of the new executive compensation-related disclosure requirements. On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Annual Report and Shareholder Meeting Season and Other Recent SEC Developments

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This memorandum summarizes key U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and stock exchange regulatory filing deadlines, new disclosure requirements and general tips and guidance for both U.S. domestic issuers and for...more

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SEC Adopts SAB 120 to Address Spring-Loaded Compensation Awards

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Last week, the SEC announced the adoption of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 120 (SAB 120), which provides guidance for companies as to how they should recognize and disclose the cost of providing “spring-loaded” awards to...more

Bracewell LLP

SEC Continues Its Focus on Executive Compensation

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In its latest move to press for stronger regulation of executive compensation, on November 29, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced staff accounting guidance on share-based executive compensation awards...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Solicits Comment on Modernizing the Rules and Forms for Stock-Based Compensation

On July 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a concept release soliciting public comment on ways to modernize Rule 701 and Form S-8 of the Securities Act of 1933 to account for recent developments...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

SEC Amendment to Rule 701 May Expand the Use of Equity Compensation by Private Companies

The Congressionally-mandated amendment aims to ease the disclosure burdens of private companies that grant compensatory stock to employees. Grants of securities to employees, including stock options, restricted stock and...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: SEC Advisory Committee Recommends Changes To Rule 701

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On Wednesday of last week, at the final meeting of the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (soon to morph into the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee), the Committee heard a presentation on...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Proposes Rule Requiring Executive Compensation Clawbacks

On July 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed for public comment a new rule and rule amendments to implement provisions of Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. In...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Executive Compensation Alert: SEC Proposes “Clawback” Rules for Executive Compensation

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On July 1, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed rules directing the national securities exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, etc.) to create listing standards requiring listed companies to implement policies...more

Allen Matkins

When It Comes To Proxy Statements, The U.S. District Courts May Not Be So Exclusive After All

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A recent ruling by Vice Chancellor Donald F. Parsons, Jr. caused me to ponder why a case involving alleged misstatements in a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission wasn’t immediately tossed out on...more

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