On December 16, 2009, the SEC adopted amendments to its executive compensation and governance disclosure requirements that will require public companies and management investment companies to make new disclosures in their proxy statements.
Yvette M. VanRiper and David V. Gubbini of Foley & Lardner LLP and John Sinkular and Jon Weinstein of Towers Watson presented the Web conference: Proxy Disclosure 2010: What You Need to Know Now. Topics included:
- The new SEC rules and how they will affect you in this 2010 proxy season
- Highlights of recent SEC guidance regarding proxy disclosure
- How to evaluate your compensation arrangements, assess their impact on risk, and formulate disclosure
For more information, contact Jennifer Bartz at 414.297.5320 or [email protected].
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