Research Reports

Pearl Meyer & Partners conducts periodic surveys of compensation trends and data, and compiles highly detailed research reports that help firms design and assess their compensation plans. Synopses of these reports are available in this section.

Trends and Issues Report: The 2008 "Early 50 Filers"
Pearl Meyer & Partners' "Early 50 Filers" report analyzes executive compensation disclosures by 50 companies that filed proxy statements early in 2008 and that had two years of experience under the SEC's expanded reporting rules. The data covers disclosures related to: corporate performance metrics; benchmarking practices; consultant independence; corporate governance; readability; and length.

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Trends and Issues Report: 2008 Proxies that Make the Grade
Pearl Meyer & Partners' second annual Proxies that Make the Grade report provides findings from a survey of 124 mostly mid-to-large cap U.S. companies about the executive compensation disclosure process in 2008. Among the issues covered are the likely impact of expanded reporting rules on pay levels, challenges in satisfying SEC requirements and whether expanded disclosure is driving changes in program designs.

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2007 EQUITY STAKE REPORT
A major reconfiguration of corporate equity use continued in 2007, even as expanded SEC disclosure requirements yielded new details about the use of stock-based incentives to reward executives, employees and Directors. Pearl Meyer & Partners' annual study of corporate filings at the Top 200 U.S. industrial and service companies examined trends in equity pay practices among the 200 largest U.S. industrial and service companies.

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2007 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION REPORT
Governance advocates and shareholder groups, backed by often significant shareholder wealth, are pressuring Boards to exert more rigorous and independent oversight of management. At the same time, Directors also face integration of major regulatory changes, most recently in regard to disclosure of executive compensation and the financial treatment of deferred compensation..

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NACD/PM&P DIRECTOR STUDY
The 2007/08 Director Compensation Survey by Pearl Meyer & Partners for the National Association of Corporate Directors provides an invaluable look at pay practices among a broad-based group of 1,200 companies across 22 industries, with revenues between $50 million and $10 billion. This comprehensive report also incorporates selected information from Pearl Meyer & Partners' own study of Board pay practices at the 200 largest U.S. industrial and service corporations. It is available from the NACD.

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