Category: Investor Relations and Communications

New CDIs Help Issuers With Pay Ratio Disclosure, A Little

Exchange Act Reporting and Disclosure Effectiveness / Executive Compensation and Disclosure / Investor Relations and Communications / SEC Rulemaking

25 Oct, 2016

New CDIs Help Issuers With Pay Ratio Disclosure, A Little

On October 19th, the SEC released five new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“CDIs”) relating to the upcoming “Pay Ratio Disclosure” requirements in Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K. Item 402(u) Pay Ratio Disclosure requirements, mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, require each covered public company to make annual disclosure of the ratio of its principal executive officer’s total annual compensation to...

A Call to Action: Leading Executives issue “Commonsense Principles of Corporate Governance”

Board Governance and Compensation / Corporate Governance Committees, Policies and Practices / Investor Relations and Communications

22 Jul, 2016

A Call to Action: Leading Executives issue “Commonsense Principles of Corporate Governance”

Citing the importance of publicly owned companies to the U.S. economy, a group of thirteen leading executives issued a set of principles, on July 21, 2016, outlining their vision for the critical elements of good corporate governance.  The report, entitled, Commonsense Principles of Corporate Governance, was signed by a diverse group of executives ranging from Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase; Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.;...

SEC Issues Guidance to Tighten Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Exchange Act Reporting and Disclosure Effectiveness / Investor Relations and Communications / SEC Rulemaking

18 May, 2016

SEC Issues Guidance to Tighten Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Many companies rely on non-GAAP financial measures to help explain company performance. The SEC is paying attention to the use of non-GAAP numbers and has provided more guidance to issuers. See our summary here: https://www.dorsey.com/newsresources/publications/client-alerts/2016/05/tighten-use-of-non-gaap-financial-measures

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