Tag: executive directors

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03 November 2014

Australia: Termination clauses in senior executive contracts

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has awarded a Managing Director in excess of AUD$1.5 million in damages for wrongful dismissal. The decision …

31 October 2014

UK: Executive remuneration and share plans

Following a busy year for executive remuneration and share plans, this briefing sets out an overview of some of the most topical issues that we are …

18 July 2014

UK: Directors' remuneration reports - key themes to emerge

We are now through the bulk of the first season in which directors' pay policies have been put to a binding shareholder vote. We thought this an …

27 September 2013

UK: Directors' Remuneration Reports – comprehensive overview of the new regime

Paul Ellerman, Mark Ife and Jemima Coleman explain the new regime for disclosure and shareholder approval of directors' remuneration for listed companies …

04 July 2012

UK: Executive remuneration- government proposals

On 20 June, the Government announced its revised proposals for executive remuneration reform, discussed in our earlier post. One week later it issued …

20 June 2012

UK: Executive remuneration – Government announcement 20 June 2012

Business Secretary Vince Cable has today announced the Government's plans in relation to its executive remuneration reform proposals, including its …

26 March 2012

UK: Executive remuneration – the proposals for shareholder votes

The Government (BIS) has published a consultation paper on its proposals to increase shareholder voting rights in relation to executive …

03 February 2012

UK: Executive remuneration - Government outlines proposals

The Government has given its outline response to its consultation on executive remuneration published in September last year (see our Herbert Smith …

04 November 2011

UK: Board diversity - change to UK Corporate Governance Code

The FRC has announced two changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code applying to financial years beginning on or after 1 October 2012 (although …

29 September 2011

UK: Executive remuneration – new ABI principles and BIS discussion paper

The ABI has published new executive remuneration guidelines, while BIS has published a discussion paper on the governance of executive remuneration in …

05 August 2011

UK: The Davies Report on women on boards

The Davies Report on women on boards published in February 2011 recommended that executive search firms should draw up a voluntary code of conduct to …

04 March 2011

UK: Board diversity - Davies Report recommends targets

The Davies Report on how to increase the proportion of women on boards has been published.  In its key recommendation, the report rejects quotas …