Trends & Issues Reports

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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