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Tag: Clawback

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SEC Looking Out for Abuses of ‘Spring-Loaded Compensation’

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“Spring-loaded compensation awards.” It just sounds cool, right? And if you’re a corporate executive, it is indeed. Spring-loaded awards refer to executive pay sweeteners in which companies provide the recipients with stock options in the b...

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SEC Exercises Little-Used Clawback Rule

SEC Exercises Little-Used Clawback Rule

SEC Exercises Little-Used Clawback Rule

Unless you’re a student of corporate-governance history, you probably don’t remember SOX 304. That’s OK: the SEC rarely invokes the provision. But earlier this month, the agency dusted off the measure to claw back some ill-gotten gains from...

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