Compensation Committee Handbook

This Second Edition provides a comprehensive review of the issues facing compensation committees and covers functional issues such as organising, planning, and best practice tips. Compliance advice on the implications of Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations is addressed along with new requirements on disclosures of financial transactions involving management and principal stockholders.

This Second Edition provides a comprehensive review of the issues facing compensation committees and covers functional issues such as organising, planning, and best practice tips. Compliance advice on the implications of Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations is addressed along with new requirements on disclosures of financial transactions involving management and principal stockholders.

Foreword.Preface.Acknowledgments.About the Authors.PART ONE: THE 21ST CENTURY COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.Chapter 1: The Compensation Committee.Chapter 2: Selecting and Training Compensation CommitteeMembers.Chapter 3: CEO Succession and Evaluation.Chapter 4: Director Compensation.PART TWO: LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK.Chapter 5: Corporate Governance.Chapter 6: Securities Issues.Chapter 7: Tax, ERISA and Labor Laws, Regulations, andRules.Chapter 8: Accounting Rules.PART THREE: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.Chapter 9: Executive Employment and Severance Arrangements.Chapter 10: Incentive Compensation.Chapter 11: Equity-Based Incentives.Chapter 12: Executive Pension-Benefit, Welfare-Benefit, andPerquisite Programs.Epilog: A Glimpse of the Future.SELECTED RESOURCES.Appendix A: Selected SEC Rules, Regulations, Schedules, andForms.Appendix B: List of Organizations and Periodicals.Appendix C: List of Directors' Colleges and Other TrainingOpportunities.Appendix D: Annotated Form of Compensation CommitteeCharter.Appendix E: Sample Compensation Committee Reports.Glossary.Bibliography.Index.