The Advisors' Blog

Skadden is out with its annual checklist of matters to consider for the upcoming annual meeting & reporting season. It provides updates on proxy advisor policies, recent voting trends that could affect 2022 planning, and recommended steps. This year’s version is 48 pages long! As always, it has headings and navigation links to skip to what you need, and it’ll also be posted soon to our “Proxy Season” Practice Area.

Here are key items that the Skadden team recommends thinking about for executive compensation (also see my earlier blog):

1. Incorporate “lessons learned” from the 2021 say-on-pay votes and compensation disclosures and prepare for 2022 pay ratio disclosures

2. Consider trends & developments on employee, environmental, social & governance metrics in executive compensation

3. Evaluate Hart-Scott-Rodino Act implications in executive compensation

4. Note status of pending SEC rulemaking relating to clawback policies under Dodd-Frank

– Liz Dunshee