A review of some of the top stories from 2010. Media, Academia and P

1. The Year that Was - 2010
A Review of Equity Compensation in
the Media, Academia and Politics
(nothing really happens in
November and December)
October 28, 2010

2. OCTOBER 2009

3. Oct. 2, 2009
SEC may delay
proxy rules
The agency is studying rule
changes that would make it
easier to oust directors. A vote
may not come until 2010.
~Money Central, MSN.com

4. Oct. 12, 2009
Option Grants Draw Scrutiny
Executives Receive Unusual Awards During Negotiations
in Spate of Large Mergers
~Wall Street Journal

5. Oct. 22, 2009
Obama's pay
czar Ken
Feinberg may
cut pay of top
100 executives
at bailed out
companies
~NYDailyNews.com

6. NOVEMBER 2009

7. Nov. 16, 2009
Treasury Issues Final
Regulations under
Section 6039

8. Nov. 19, 2009
In Era of Benefit
Cuts, Employee
Equity Plans Likely
to Survive
~WorldatWork, PARC, Hewitt New
Bridge Street

9. DECEMBER 2009

10. Dec. 11, 2009
Pay Czar Puts
$500K Limit on
Executive
Compensation
~cbsnews.com

11. Dec. 23, 2009
A Christmas Present from the SEC
The Adoption of Final Executive Compensation Disclosure
Requirements for the 2010 Proxy Season
~Veritas

12. JANUARY 2010

13. Jan. 2, 2010
Silicon Valley takes a
new look at stock options
~Mercury News

14. Jan. 22, 2010
House Committee
Holds Hearing on
Compensation in
the Financial
Industry
~Alston+Bird

15. Jan. 24, 2010
Ex-Brocade Chief
Reyes Gets 18 Months
for Backdating
Former HR Chief Gets 2 Months
~Bloomberg

16. FEBRUARY 2010

17. Henry Nicholas III
Text
Feb. 5, 2010
SEC drops backdating suit
against Broadcom figures
~LA Times

18. Feb 24, 2010
No IFRS Requirement Until
2015 or Later Under New SEC
Timeline
~Journal of Accountancy

19. Feb. 25, 2010
Despite Downturn, Top Tech Firms
Awarded Big Restricted-Stock
Grants
~Wall Street Journal

20. MARCH 2010

21. Mar. 7, 2010
Dot-com bust
ripples still
felt 10 years
later
~SF Chronicle

22. Mar. 17, 2010
How Stock
Options
Became Toxic
~Huffington Post

23. Mar. 25, 2010
CEOs Defy Obama With More Cash
Instead of Pay for Performance
~Bloomberg

24. APRIL 2010

25. Apr. 6, 2010
Facebook restricts
employee stock sales
Facebook announced its new policy last week
to its 1,200 employees.
~San Jose Business Journal

26. Apr. 16, 2010
UnitedHealth
CEO reaps
nearly $100
million from Forgets to mention that it
stock options was a cash and hold exercise
~The Washington Post

27. MAY 2010

28. May 21, 2010
The Senate on
Thursday approved a
far-reaching financial
regulatory bill, 59 to 39
~New York Times

29. May 22, 2010
Exec Pay
Needs
“Performance
Trusts”
~Barron's

30. May 25, 2010
Moody's Staff Said To
Have Worked In Fear
Stock options claimed to be linked to
dangerous change in culture.
~hereisthecity.com

31. JUNE 2010

32. Jun. 3, 2010
CEO pay windfalls:
Stock options rise on
market rally
~Company Focus msn.com

33. Jun. 10, 2010
Research Shows Investors
Could Profit from Executive
Stock Options
A new research paper could serve as a cheat sheet to
savvy investors looking to capitalize on executive stock
options
~Rutger's Today

34. JULY 2010

35. Jul. 1, 2010
A lawsuit by a former
Fidelity Investments CFO
raises the question of
what happens to unvested
stock options in a layoff.
~cfo.com

36. Jul. 23, 2010
Ken Feinberg, The Special Master
for TARP Executive Compensation
Concludes the Review of Prior
Payments
~US Dept of Treasury Press Room

37. AUGUST 2010

38. Aug. 2, 2010
SEC Pushes
Companies
for More Risk
Information
~cfo.com

39. Aug. 6, 2010
HP CEO Hurd
to get $12M
severance
payout
Stock options and grants
could be cashed in for
potentially millions more in
total compensation
~Dayton Business Journal

40. SEPTEMBER 2010

41. Sep. 7, 2010
Bring Back Stock
Options And
Million Dollar
Secretaries
~Forbes

42. Sep. 10, 2010
Dutch history
student finds
world's oldest
share
~Reuters

43. Sep. 21, 2010
TD CEO to
Exercise Options,
Hold Shares and
Donate Portion to
Charity
~prnewswire.com

44. OCTOBER 2010

45. Oct. 4, 2010
Massachusetts firms make big
blunders in reporting executive pay
~The Boston Globe

46. Oct. 18, 2010
SEC
Proposes
changes to
Sec 951 -
"Say on Pay"
~sec.gov

47. Oct. 28, 2010
Twin Cities NASPP Hosts
Equity Fueled Social Event
~me

48. News, Networking and
Calendar of Events
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October 28, 2010