The Compensation Committee Handbook

Thatcher, Laura G.,Reifler, Stewart,Reda, James F.

ISBN 10: 0470171316 / ISBN 13: 9780470171318

Published by Wiley, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Compensation Committee Handbook
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470171316
• ISBN 13: 9780470171318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

NEW AND UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Now in a thoroughly updated Third Edition, Compensation Committee Handbook provides a comprehensive review of the complex issues facing compensation committees in the wake of Sarbanes-Oxley. This new and updated edition addresses a full range of functional issues facing compensation committees, including organizing, planning, and best practices tips.

As the responsibilities of the compensation committee continue to increase, the need for practical and comprehensive material has become even more imperative. Complete with compliance advice on the latest rules and regulations that have developed since the publication of the last edition, Compensation Committee Handbook, Third Edition provides the most up-to-date and reliable information on:
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The latest regulations impacting executive compensation, including new regulations issued by the SEC, recently revised GAAP accounting rules, and the just-finalized IRS regulations impacting the taxation of stock options
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The roles and responsibilities of the compensation committee, including best practice tips and techniques
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Selecting and training compensation committee members
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How to make compensation committees a performance driver for a company
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Practical applications, including incentive compensation and equity-based compensation


Compensation Committee Handbook, Third Edition will help all compensation committee members and interested professionals succeed in melding highly complex technical information and concepts with both corporate governance principles and sound business judgment.

About the Author

James F. Reda is President of James F. Reda and Associates. Mr. Reda has over fifteen years of executive compensation consulting experience and has written and presented extensively on the subject.

Stewart Reifler is a partner at the New York office of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz and head of their executive compensation practice. Mr. Reifler negotiates and structures executive employment, executive severance and retirement, and executive compensation arrangements on behalf of both executives and companies.

Laura G. Thatcher is head of Alston & Bird's executive compensation practice. Ms. Thatcher serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Deferred Compensation and chairs the compensation committee of two companies.