Friday, July 22, 2011

[Audio] NECF Breakout Sessions Preview - Listen to the Speakers


Here's an exclusive preview of three breakout sessions available at the Forum in September. For more detailed descriptions, or to listen to a message from the presenters, click on the links below. 

Governance
There has been increased skepticism about stock options during the last decade as a result of the regulatory struggle over expensing, the debate over executive compensation, shareholder concern about dilution, a series of accounting and back-dating scandals, and concern over the role of incentives in financial crises. We will cite various polls and surveys as evidence ...more 

Compliance/Tax
As companies struggle to understand the legal requirements of say-on-pay, compensation committee independence, additional executive compensation disclosure, hedging restrictions for executives and recoupment of incentive-based compensation, they are at the same time trying to create equity programs that will ensure the retention of key executives who are necessary to drive businesses operations on a worldwide basis ... more 

October 2008, the United States Congress adopted Internal Revenue Code Section 457A, which changed the rules for certain deferred compensation arrangements, especially those with a global reach. This code section impacts plans, employers and employees in unexpected ways, and the costs of noncompliance are problematic ... more

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