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Client Alert: Pay Ratio Disclosure Implementation

Most SEC reporting companies (excluding smaller reporting companies and emerging growth companies) will be required, beginning with the 2018 proxy statement, to disclose the annual total compensation of their median employee and the ratio of their CEO’s compensation to that of their median employee. Because we expect that most companies will experience some challenges while navigating the complex process of identifying the median employee, we recommend that each SEC reporting company subject to this new rule engage in a dry–run calculation this coming proxy season to establish the process it will use to determine its employee population, identify the median employee and calculate that employee’s compensation.

Additionally, the advance determination of the company’s pay ratio and median employee compensation will give the company an opportunity to adjust its 2017 compensation programs, if desired.

In particular, each such SEC reporting company should seek counsel to aid in the determination of the following:


Additional detail on the pay ratio disclosure rules can be found in our August 11, 2015 Client Alert.

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