Corporate & Securities Blog

On April 29, 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved the issuance of proposed rules to implement Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”), regarding the disclosure of pay versus performance. The proposed rules would require reporting issuers to disclose the relationship between named executive officer “actual” pay and the issuer’s and its peer’s total shareholder return (“TSR”).