The Advisors' Blog

– Liz Dunshee

Check out this 66-page Argyle guide to enhanced compensation disclosures in proxy statements. It highlights sample disclosures – organized into these categories:

1. Inclusion of Table of Contents in CD&A

2. Inclusion of a Letter from the Compensation Committee

3. Executive Compensation Overview

4. Presentation of Compensation Principles/Objectives/Philosophy

5. Presentation of Feedback & Responses on Shareholder Engagement

6. Presentation of Compensation Elements

7. Presentation of Metrics Used in Incentive Programs

8. Inclusion of the Evolution of the Company’s Executive Compensation Program

9. Presentation of Compensation Process

10. Presentation of Peer Groups

11. Presentation of Goals & Performance

12. Presentation of CEO & NEO Scorecards

13. Presentation of Other Compensation Policies & Practices

14. Other Compensation Disclosure Enhancements – Q&A, etc.