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PRESS RELEASE – S&P 500 CEOs: WINNERS AND LOSERS DURING A VOLATILE 2011 STOCK MARKET   | Aggregate Value of Outstanding Equity Awards for S&P 500 CEOs Up +1.2% NEW YORK, NY, February 21, 2012 – Collectively, the value of outstanding equity awards for the S&P 500 CEOs increased just +1.2% in 2011, erasing midyear swings of +22% in April and -16% [read more]

Legislative Update: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act   | February 2012 update on progress of compensation-related provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.

2011 Proxy Season Lessons Learned   | By Nora McCord The recent proxy season, the first with universal say-on-pay, was a non-event for many companies. Although a number of companies were forced to make hasty, last-minute modifications to pay programs to secure favorable say-on-pay votes (despite “no” recommendations by ISS for about [read more]

Directorship Perspective: Joseph Sorrentino   | Joseph Sorrentino is a managing director of Steven Hall &Partners, with 15 years of experience in executive compensation.  His expertise includes annual and long-term incentive plan design, and he works with clients to help them communicate more effectively with the proxy advisory companies that analyze [read more]

Corporate Profits Up – But Not CEO Pay   | Despite Rebound in Corporate Performance and Stock Price, Total Compensation for CEOs Remains Flat. Despite average profit increases of +20% and shareholder returns of +37%, CEO pay remained flat in 2009, according to a study of 76 early filers with revenues greater than $10 billion [read more]

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