UPCOMING EVENTS

The Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act

A Timely Teleconference to Help You Prepare for the New Requirements

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 from 1:00pm–2:00pm (PDT)

With the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, companies will have only a few short months to adjust their executive compensation policies and practices in response to the new provisions affecting corporate governance and executive and employee pay. Among these provisions is the long-anticipated advisory vote on executive compensation programs, and its companion vote on “golden parachutes.”

Other provisions mandate changes to the composition of board compensation committee, the selection of advisers to the committee, and the adoption of a compensation recovery (“clawback”) policy, and limit the ability of brokers to vote uninstructed shares on executive compensation matters. Finally, several new compensation-related disclosures will be required in corporate proxy statements and other filings.

Collectively, these changes will undoubtedly influence the design and operation of future executive compensation programs, as well as alter the dynamics of the corporate-shareholder relationship. Companies will need to reassess their current investor relations strategies and prepare for the new environment – one in which advance planning will be rewarded and ad hoc decision-making will be more difficult, if not impossible, without shareholder input and engagement.

Join us on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 for a discussion of the following topics:

• What each provision requires
• What we know now and where further SEC and stock exchange guidance will be required
• When the provisions become effective
• What you need to be doing now to prepare for the 2011 proxy season

This session will be conducted by Compensia Principals, including Mark A. Borges, a former SEC staffer and one of the nation’s leading authorities on executive compensation disclosure. Mark authors the Borges Proxy Disclosure Blog on the Compensation Standards.com web site and is the author of SEC Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules, published in June 2008 by the American Bar Association, and a co-author of the Lynn, Borges & Romanek Executive Compensation Disclosure Treatise and Reporting Guide.

If you are interested in participating please reply by E-mail to brix@compensia.com to register and obtain the dial-in number.

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