October 28, 2010

The Year that Was - 2010A Review of Equity Compensation in the Media, Academia and Politics

(nothing really happens in November and December)

OCTOBER 2009

Oct. 2, 2009SEC may delay proxy rulesThe agency is studying rule changes that would make it easier to oust directors. A vote may not come until 2010.~Money Central, MSN.com

Oct. 12, 2009Option Grants Draw ScrutinyExecutives Receive Unusual Awards During Negotiations in Spate of Large Mergers~Wall Street Journal

Oct. 22, 2009Obama's pay czar Ken Feinberg may cut pay of top 100 executives at bailed out companies~NYDailyNews.com

NOVEMBER 2009

Nov. 16, 2009Treasury Issues Final Regulations under Section 6039

Nov. 19, 2009In Era of Benefit Cuts, Employee Equity Plans Likely to Survive~WorldatWork, PARC, Hewitt New Bridge Street

DECEMBER 2009

Dec. 11, 2009Pay Czar Puts $500K Limit on Executive Compensation~cbsnews.com

Dec. 23, 2009A Christmas Present from the SEC

The Adoption of Final Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements for the 2010 Proxy Season

~Veritas

JANUARY 2010

Jan. 2, 2010Silicon Valley takes a new look at stock options~Mercury News

Jan. 22, 2010House Committee Holds Hearing on Compensation in the Financial Industry~Alston+Bird

Jan. 24, 2010Ex-Brocade Chief Reyes Gets 18 Months for BackdatingFormer HR Chief Gets 2 Months~Bloomberg

FEBRUARY 2010

Feb. 5, 2010SEC drops backdating suit against Broadcom figures~LA Times

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Feb 24, 2010No IFRS Requirement Until 2015 or Later Under New SEC Timeline~Journal of Accountancy

Feb. 25, 2010Despite Downturn, Top Tech Firms Awarded Big Restricted-Stock Grants~Wall Street Journal

MARCH 2010

Mar. 7, 2010Dot-com bust ripples still felt 10 years later ~SF Chronicle

Mar. 17, 2010How Stock Options Became Toxic ~Huffington Post

Mar. 25, 2010CEOs Defy Obama With More Cash Instead of Pay for Performance~Bloomberg

APRIL 2010

Apr. 6, 2010Facebook restricts

employee stock salesFacebook announced its new policy last week

to its 1,200 employees.~San Jose Business Journal

Apr. 16, 2010UnitedHealth CEO reaps nearly $100 million from stock options~The Washington Post

Forgets to mention that it was a cash and hold exercise

MAY 2010

May 21, 2010The Senate on Thursday approved a far-reaching financial regulatory bill, 59 to 39~New York Times

May 22, 2010Exec Pay

Needs “Performance

Trusts”~Barron's

May 25, 2010Moody's Staff Said To Have Worked In Fear

Stock options claimed to be linked to dangerous change in culture.~hereisthecity.com

JUNE 2010

Jun. 3, 2010CEO pay windfalls: Stock options rise on market rally~Company Focus msn.com

Jun. 10, 2010Research Shows Investors Could Profit from Executive Stock OptionsA new research paper could serve as a cheat sheet to savvy investors looking to capitalize on executive stock options~Rutger's Today

JULY 2010

Jul. 1, 2010A lawsuit by a former

Fidelity Investments CFO raises the question of

what happens to unvested stock options in a layoff.

~cfo.com

Jul. 23, 2010Ken Feinberg, The Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation Concludes the Review of Prior Payments~US Dept of Treasury Press Room

AUGUST 2010

Aug. 2, 2010SEC Pushes Companies for More Risk Information~cfo.com

Aug. 6, 2010HP CEO Hurd to get $12M severance payoutStock options and grants could be cashed in for potentially millions more in total compensation~Dayton Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 2010

Sep. 7, 2010Bring Back Stock Options And Million Dollar Secretaries~Forbes

Sep. 10, 2010Dutch history student finds world's oldest share~Reuters

Sep. 21, 2010TD CEO to Exercise Options, Hold Shares and Donate Portion to Charity~prnewswire.com

OCTOBER 2010

Oct. 4, 2010Massachusetts firms make big blunders in reporting executive pay~The Boston Globe

Oct. 18, 2010SEC Proposes changes to Sec 951 - "Say on Pay"~sec.gov

Oct. 28, 2010Twin Cities NASPP Hosts Equity Fueled Social Event~me

News, Networking and Calendar of Events~Equity Compensation Experts

www.equitycompensationexerts.groupsite.com

October 28, 2010

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