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Dear All, Summer is officially here and so is the Texas heat! It’s hard to believe we are halfway through 2018 and soon we will be planning for budgets for the next fiscal year. We have some interesting pieces to share with you in this L-Blast, we hope you find them helpful....

Dear All, Summer is around the corner as another school year comes to an end and with it the first proxy season requiring CEO pay ratios. As I mentioned in a recent HBJ article, the really interesting use for the pay ratio will come in three to five years, when a given company...

Dear All, It’s hard to believe May is just around the corner and proxy season will soon be coming to an end. It has been interesting, to say the least, to see the CEO pay ratio disclosures and the attention they’ve gotten from the media. This may be a potentially...

Dear All, Spring is finally here and with it the first CEO Pay Ratio disclosures of 2018! Although we are still in the early stages of proxy season, we are already seeing eye-catching data for the newly required pay ratio disclosure. It will be interesting to see how this...

Dear All, We are well into the start of the new year and although 2018 has greeted us with some extremely cold temperatures that paralyzed our city for a couple of days, we at NFPCC have hit the ground running and are gearing up for proxy season. In this first L-Blast of 2018...

Dear All, We hope you had a wonderful Christmas in the company of family and friends. It is hard to believe 2017 is quickly coming to a close and the end of the year is upon us. We have had a great year filled with new challenges and growth and we are looking forward to a...

Dear All, It’s hard to believe the holidays are upon us, but what an exciting time it is for our great city of Houston as the Astros compete for their first World Series title! We may be champions by the time this hits your inbox, but whether we win or not, we are proud of...

  "True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but to serve others at whatever cost.” - ARTHUR ASHE Dear All, That quote holds true even weeks after the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Harvey and...

Dear All, Summer has quickly come to an end, the kids are back in school and everyone is getting back into the swing of things. Here at NFPCC we are rolling up our sleeves as we enter the busy fall season and we have some exciting news to share with you all. We recently...

In this month's L-Blast, we discussed many issues of interest to our clients and readers - including the deadline for calculating the controversial CEO Pay Ratio. As explained in this L-Blast's original NFPCC article, the rule requiring companies to disclose this figure was...

In this month's L-Blast, there's an original NFPCC article about WorldatWork's first Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C. in which we share some important facts on legislation, key pending legislative actions that may impact rewards professionals, and avenues for contacting...

In this month's edition of the L-Blast, we have a very interesting original NFPCC article for you about media bias in CEO compensation. It references an article from Fortune.com that draws erroneous conclusions to support their discussion of the gender pay gap between Yahoo’s...

We have some great reads for you in this month's L-Blast that we hope you will enjoy. The first article is an NFPCC original regarding media bias when it comes to compensation. We  point out the relative comparisons that deal with these issues daily and offer a few points for...

In this month's edition of the L-Blast we share with you our Top 10 Compensation articles. Our team crafted these articles 
to cover executive pay, compensation landmines, formula vs. discretion bonus payout debate, reasonable compensation and much, much more. We know you...

Dear All, This winter seems to have flown by quickly and soon spring will be here; although here in Houston it has felt like spring for the last few months! We at NFPCC have been busy helping our public clients with CD&As and proxies. Compensation decisions don’t end...

Dear All, It’s crazy to think we are already in February and proxy season will soon be upon us. January flew by and was an interesting month with President Trump’s inauguration. Many of us are keenly monitoring the changes taking place during Trump’s initial days in...

Dear All, As we begin to close out 2016, we at NFPCC would like to thank you for your continued support over the last year. We strive to bring you content that is relevant and industry specific to better your businesses. We hope each of you have a restful holiday season...

Dear All, We are in the midst of the holiday season! We hope each of you had a restful Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends. As we close out an eventful 2016, we at NFPCC are excited to see what 2017 has in store. Given the results of the election this month, we...

Dear All, It’s crazy to think the holidays are upon us already. Soon everyone will be gathering with family and friends to celebrate and 2016 will come to a close. We at NFPCC, like many other companies, are preparing for a great 2017. We have some great articles this...

Dear All, The fall season is upon us and football season is well under way. We at NFPCC are excited to see what 2017 will hold as we prepare for the end of the year. If the first week of college football was any indication, we are sure to have some excitement through the...

Dear All, With the kids back in school, it seems like summer was over in the blink of an eye. Watching the Olympics has been incredible as the world’s best swimmer, Michael Phelps, continued to earn gold medal after gold medal. What makes him so incredible? His drive and...

Dear Friends, Summer is quickly coming to a close, and soon enough, the kids will be back in school. Before we know it, the final ruling of the U.S. Department of Labor will be in effect on December 1st. Our first article this month is an original NFPCC article by our new...

Dear Friends, It’s hard to believe we are almost in July. Before we know it, the kids will be heading back to school, and we will be planning for budgets as well for the next fiscal year. In this L-Blast, we have a great original NFPCC article for you that discusses...

Dear Friends, With summer coming up soon, it’s hard to think about December deadlines. However, with the recent regulation updates from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), you may need to start planning for compensation changes while planning summer vacations. We have two...

Dear Friends, We can’t believe May is almost here. This year has certainly flown by, and proxy season is almost over. We’re excited to share some great reads with you this month. Hopefully you all enjoy them. First, we have an NFPCC original article focusing on the...

Dear Friends, It is hard to believe spring is here and the summer heat will soon be upon us. So far, 2016 is turning out to be a very interesting year for director pay and ISS. When a first-class organization like Schlumberger gets a “no” vote on its proxy from ISS,...

Dear Friends, It’s hard to believe we’re almost in March and proxies will soon begin to be filed. It feels like 2016 just started! But soon, very soon, executive compensation will be in the media like it always is this time of year. The good news is, corporate America is...

Dear Friends, With each new year comes new year’s resolutions. While most have resolved to eat healthier and get fit, we’ve resolved to equip you with all of the up-to-date resources and knowledge to get your company in shape for 2016. One way we’re going to work...

This year's proxy season is just about all wrapped up. We at NFPCC continue to talk with the SEC, RiskMetrics, and other shareholder groups and institutions on behalf of clients, and the results have been mixed but productive. We are continuing to monitor this for you, as well...

Update: Say-on-Pay and Say-on-Frequency Say-On-Pay As of April 11, 2011 there have been five companies that have failed the say on pay vote by shareholders: Jacobs Engineering (45.5%), Beazer Homes (46.1%), Shuffle Master Inc. (44.5%), Hewlett-Packard with a vote of 50 for and...