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« Petit » billet proposé par Findley Davies revenant sur les sujets chauds en matière de rémunération des hauts dirigeants : « Hot Topics in Executive Compensation » (par Brad Smith).

Voici un extrait :

Areas of Interest :

a. Evergreen renewals of executive compensation agreements

b. Golden parachute excise tax gross ups

c. Guaranteed bonuses/equity grants

d. « Excessive » severance or perquisites

e. « Liberal » change of control definitions and/or payouts

f. Single trigger vesting of equity grants

g. Reconciliation of non-GAAP performance measures to GAAP

• Trends in executive compensation design

Observations :

a. Mandatory holding periods after vesting are growing in popularity for accounting purposes.

b. A portfolio approach (more than one vehicle) is becoming the norm for delivery of long term incentive compensation.

c. Total Shareholder Return is becoming a more popular performance metric.

d. Clawbacks are becoming more of a standard practice in executive compensation in light of upcoming Dodd-Frank regulations.

e. Use of stock options is becoming less common because of accounting issues and advisory firms’ stance that they are not pay for performance.

À la prochaine…

Ivan Tchotourian