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Understanding the New Excise Tax on Corporate Stock Repurchases

The IRA implemented a 1% excise tax on stock repurchases. Get our interpretation of the rule’s key provisions related to stock-based compensation.

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Revisiting HR Policies in the Wake of the McDonald’s Ruling

A Delaware court determined the chief people officer of McDonalds breached his fiduciary duties by allowing a culture of harassment to go unabated. How should executives (and boards) respond from a policy perspective?

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10 Trends We’re Watching and the Mild-to-Wild Ways They Could Play Out in 2023

What do the next few years have in store for executive compensation design and reporting? See our predictions for how 10 trends will unfold.

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A Primer on the SEC’s New C&DIs for Pay vs. Performance

Get our summary of—and reaction to—each interpretation provided by the SEC’s C&DIs for the pay vs. performance proxy disclosure.

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Dilution: What to Know Today about What Could Happen Tomorrow

Get a brief overview of dilution, followed by some illustrative examples of the impacts of dilution plus typical anti-dilutive provisions.

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Disclosing PvP Relationships, Part 3: Decision Criteria

In the final installment of our series, we lay out key considerations in determining a disclosure strategy for pay vs. performance relationships.

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Disclosing PvP Relationships, Part 2: Disclosure Archetypes

In Part 2 of our series, we walk through six archetypes for disclosing pay vs. performance relationships under the SEC’s rule.

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Disclosing PvP Relationships, Part 1: Types of Relationships

In the first of a three-part series, we review how to analyze pay vs. performance relationships and introduce some of the relationship types we’ve seen.

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2022 Group Five Stock-Based Compensation Financial Reporting Benchmarking Results Plus Our Take on What’s Ahead in 2023

See Equity Methods’ results from the 2022 survey of plan sponsors and get our take on the issues that are top of mind for stock-based compensation.

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Item 402(v) Pay vs. Performance Disclosure Readiness Checklist

Use this checklist to help you prepare for disclosure under the SEC’s pay vs. performance rule.