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Executive Compensation Reviews

Executive Compensation Plan Design

Corporate Governance and Oversight


Descriptions:

Executive Compensation Fairness Opinions A comprehensive review to ensure pay-for-performance linkage, fulfillment of disclosure requirements, and alignment of compensation to corporate strategy.  In addition, Fairness Opinions encompasses the detection any potential exposure, including regulatory disclosure requirements, incentive funding, compensation accounting and legal matters.  Equivalent to the Auditors' Report in the financial statements, Executive Compensation Fairness Opinions represents a certification that compensation levels are deemed to be fair and justified.





Competitive Market Research A position-by-position comparison of the pay levels of the client organisation to one or more peer group of comparable organisations.  Market data can be provided in terms of base salary, total cash compensation, and total direct compensation.




Pay-for-Performance Assessment An assessment of the linkage between a client organisation's compensation and its performance on key financial metrics relative to that of its peer group.




Board Remuneration A competitive assessment of pay levels for Chairman, Committee Chairs, Committee Members, and Board Directors in terms of retainer, meeting fees, and equity compensation.




Annual & Long Term Incentive Plans Design of cash-based and equity-based annual and long-term incentive plans to support business objectives.  As part of our comprehensive design process, we not only formulate such design parameters as the form of award (e.g., stock options, restricted stock, phantom shares), use of performance measures, and award vesting, but we also provide detailed expense and dilution analysis to quantify the cost to the organisation.




Special Situations Design of compensation and governance strategies in the context of an IPO, merger, acquisition, or divestiture, including design of special incentive plans and formulation of change-of-control provisions.




Senior Executive Employment Contracts Design of employment contracts aimed at retaining employees and protecting the organisation, particularly for addressing special situations such as mergers and acquisitions.




Board Effectiveness Assessment A wide-ranging review and evaluation of board structure, director pay, governance policies and board performance.




Compensation Strategies Define and articulate client organisation's compensation philosophy in terms of desired pay positioning, peer group, mix of short and long term compensation, performance management, succession, and retention and recruiting strategies.




Administration of Carried Interest and Co-Investment Plans Administration, statement design, reporting and accounting methodology review of carried interest and co-investment compensation plans.




Forensic Compensation Accounting Reviews Analysis and evaluation of internal controls and the accounting methodology for accruing compensation costs and maintaining related liabilities.