June 1, 2011
Just Added: SEC Chair Mary Schapiro to Our “Say-on-Pay Intensive” Conference Lineup
We are excited to announce that SEC Chair Mary Schapiro will open the second day of our annual package of executive pay conferences to be held on November 1st-2nd in San Francisco and by video webcast: “Tackling Your 2012 Compensation Disclosures: 6th Annual Proxy Disclosure Conference” and “The Say-on-Pay Workshop Conference: 8th Annual Executive Compensation Conference.” Save by registering by June 24th at our early-bird discount rates. Note this early-bird discount will not be extended.
For those attending, take a moment to RSVP on this LinkedIn Event – in the upper right corner – so your friends can know you are going…
Say-on-Pay: 27th – 31st Failed Votes
Last week, five more companies filed Form 8-Ks reporting failed say-on-pay votes: Constellation Energy (38%); Kilroy ReaIty (49%); Superior Energy (39%); Talbots (47%); and Weatherford International (44%). I keep maintaining our list of Form 8-Ks for failed SOPs in CompensationStandards.com’s “Say-on-Pay” Practice Area.
Internal Pay Disparity: S&P 500 CFO Pay Up 26%
Recently, Equilar released this report on CFO pay strategies in the S&P 500 finding that:
– Median total compensation for S&P 500 CFOs grew by 26.1% from 2009 to 2010. In 2010, median total compensation for S&P 500 CFOs was approximately $3.0 million, up from approximately $2.4 million in 2009.
– Median total bonus payouts for S&P 500 CFOs increased to $710,864 in 2010, up 32.7% from the 2009 median of $535,625.
– Healthcare CFOs received the most compensation, having a median total pay of $3.5 million in 2010.
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– Broc Romanek