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Melisa Brower
Partner | A&O Shearman
Jai Garg
Partner | A&O Shearman
Devansh Sand
Senior Associate | ClearBridge Compensation Group

Executive Compensation: Hot Topics and Emerging Trends | On-Demand Webinar

Broadcast Date: Monday, November 18, 2024 | 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET)

Executive compensation for public companies remains a critical and evolving aspect of corporate governance and management. This landscape is influenced by regulatory changes and legal developments, shareholder expectations, and evolving best practices. Understanding these dynamics is essential for companies to ensure compliance, competitiveness, and alignment with organizational goals.

Join our speakers for a comprehensive CLE course on executive compensation, delving into several hot topics and identifying emerging trends in this complex and ever-changing field.

Key Topics:

  • DEI: Litigation and Legislative Developments
  • ESG Metrics in Compensation Programs
  • Shareholder Proposal Trends
  • Share Requests and Managing Share Usage
  • Say-on-pay Voting Trends
  • SEC Enforcement Actions
  • Forthcoming SEC Guidance

Agenda:

Melisa Brower, Partner, A&O Shearman,

Jai Garg, Partner, A&O Shearman,

and

Devansh Sand, Senior Associate, ClearBridge Compensation Group

Topic 1: ESG and DE&I matters continue to be top of mind for shareholders, investors, and employees.

  • Companies have been reassessing their DEI programs following litigation and legislative updates
  • Use of ESG metrics in compensation plans; what’s to come with comp design
  • What’s next; key takeaways
    • ESG: changing the acronym
    • Assess governance and disclosure controls for accuracy
    • Analyze compensation plan design for appropriateness of ESG metrics

Topic 2: Shareholder engagement

  • Shareholder proposals remain elevated, particularly proposals limiting executive severance
  • Trends in share request and managing share usage
  • 2024 trends in say-on-pay voting results

Topic 3: SEC Trends

  • Recent SEC enforcement actions: importance of companies (1) maintaining robust RPT disclosure controls and (2) ensuring documents include up-to-date corporate whistleblower language.
  • Forthcoming SEC guidance: HCM; incentive-based compensation arrangements for covered financial institutions; corporate board diversity.

Who Should Attend:

  • Labor & Employment Lawyers
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Lawyers/Consultants
  • HR Executives/Managers/Directors
  • Employee Compensation & Benefits Professionals
  • General/In-house Counsel
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CLE Credit:

Course Level: Intermediate| Advance Preparation: | Print and review course materials

Method of Presentation: On-Demand Webcast | Prerequisite: General knowledge of executive compensation

Course Code: 1411260 | Total Credits: 1.0

CLE Credit:

CA CLE 1.00 General – Approved Until: 11/18/2026

PA CLE 1.00 General – Approved Until: 11/18/2026

VT CLE 1:00 General – Approved Until: 12/31/2025

NJ CLE 1:00 General – Credits through Reciprocity

NY CLE 1:00 Areas of Professional Practice – Credits through Reciprocity

AR CLE 1:00 General – Credits through Reciprocity

CT CLE 1:00 General – Credits through Reciprocity

NH CLE 1.00 General – Meets the requirements of NH Supreme Court Rule 53

MO CLE 1.00 General – Approved Until: 11/18/2024

TN CLE 1.00 General – Approved Until: 11/18/2025

WI CLE 1.00 General – Approved Until: 12/31/2025

Pending CLE Application:

MS, GA

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AL, CO, DE, FL, ID, IN, IO, KS, KY, LA, NC, ME, MN, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OH, OK, OR, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WY

If you’d like us to apply for CLE, you may opt to pay the CLE processing fee here.

No MCLE Requirements:

DC, MD, MA, MI, SD

Not Eligible for CLE:

AK, AZ, HA, IL