This Post will begin a series of blog entries focused on the topic of linking executive pay to a publicly-traded issuer’s diversity and inclusion (“D&I“) initiatives. As background, there has been a recent push to hold executives accountable for the effectiveness of an issuer’s D&I initiatives by linking their executive pay to the success of such initiatives. Pretty straight forward (i.e., the success of the D&I initiative becomes one of the metrics in the issuer’s performance-based compensation strategy).
Continue Reading Thoughts When Linking Public Company Executive Pay to D&I Initiatives
Total Shareholder Return
Tip of the Week: Addressing Negative Returns in a Relative Total Shareholder Return Program
By Anthony J. Eppert on
Posted in Compensation Design
Though relative Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) programs offer no direct line of sight for the executive to chase the business goal, such programs continue to remain the most common metric within an issuer’s performance-based equity program. In designing these programs, a common question is how payouts could be adjusted if the issuer’s stockholders realize negative returns and lose money during the measurement period. The answer to that question is this “Tip of the Week.”…
Continue Reading Tip of the Week: Addressing Negative Returns in a Relative Total Shareholder Return Program