Shareholders are increasingly aware of executive compensation issues and are focused on the relationship between pay and performance. Indeed, with say on pay (“SOP”) implemented in 2011 (with most of the SOP votes being annual), pay for performance has become a core issue for investors and a...

There have been substantial changes in executive compensation reported by companies in their 2009 proxy statements following an unprecedented drop in stock prices. This study reviewed 200 of the largest companies (by market capitalization) that comprise the S&P 500 Stock Index. We reviewed...

This study provides a behind-the-scenes look at how cash and equity termination provisions are being structured at the largest 200 U.S. public companies. We believe this is the most comprehensive study to date in an area of compensation and benefits that has received scant analysis over the...

The transition from pre-IPO to a publicly traded company is significant in many areas, including executive compensation levels and practices. Our study is comprised of 46 companies in the high technology, biotechnology and alternative energy arena that went public in the year 2011 and have since...

Pay for board service is seeing some important shifts — in who sets it, how it is set, and, following two years of little growth, increases in basic fees along with the setting of ‘leadership premiums.'

This article compares and contrasts the differences in director compensation programs among various types of companies (including publicly traded companies, privately held companies, and non-profit organizations)

James F. Reda & Associates, LLC conducted this study of executive CIC arrangements in Fortune 100 companies. The purpose of this report is to provide a resource of current severance practices among those companies providing CIC protection for their executives.The data for this study was...

In light of the new disclosure requirements for perquisites circulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, James F. Reda and Associates, located in New York, New York, analyzed perquisite and supplemental retirement disclosures for Chief Executive Officer's at Fortune magazine's top 150...

Investors and the business media may be vexed about rich executive pay plans, but "golden parachute" severance packages stir particular outrage. Too often, it seems, this departure pay rewards failure, is based on inflated numbers, and loses "say on parachute" investor votes. How can your board...