Use the Guide to -

• Reference the key events of 2003 in regulation, governance, audit committees, exec. comp. and more.
• Review compensation strategies, develop benefits programs and due diligence best practices to help shape policy going forward.
• Act more confidently supported by the informed planning and decision making you'll derive from the Guidebook's detailed data and analysis of compensation issues.

You'll come quickly up to speed on today's critical governance issues with the Guide's historical data, case studies, real-world applications and outcomes of an historic year of change. Chapters include:

• The 2003 Executive Compensation Evolution
• Shareholder Approval Requirement
• Shareholder Voting Practices
• Deferred Compensation, a Stock Option Alternative is also Under Attack
• Executive and Directors Compensation in Court
• Accounting for Stock Options and Other Equity-based Compensation
• Non-Traditional Uses/Abuses of Other Compensation Programs
• The Evolving Paradigm for Governance of Executive and Directors' Compensation
• Current and Alternative Compensation Planning Processes
• The New Governance Paradigm
  …and more!

Includes Bonus CD – Complying With New Executive Compensation Regulations In 2004, a 90-minute discussion featuring author Richard Wagner’s own analysis and implications of the book’s case studies in “real-world” contexts. Topics include:

• The NYSE Board: Richard Grasso Case study, implications and applications
• “Counting Chads” – The Shareholder Franchise Expands
• “Who’s In Charge Here?” The coming “perfect storm” in corporate governance
• “Here Come Da Judge” – Decisions and signals from the Delaware courts (Ovits/Disney, Tyco, WorldCom, Adelphia, CA, Enron)
• Stock Option Accounting: Equity Plans vs. Liability Plans
• – and more!

8½" x 11" Paperback, 243 pages, includes cd, $299.00 + shipping

Published by Kennedy Information, Inc. Executive Compensation 2004 Guide is compiled and edited by the editors and analysts of Investor Relations Newsletter and published by Kennedy Information Inc., the leading publishing and research firm covering professional business markets, including executive recruiting, human resources and management consulting since 1970. We also publish the comprehensive looseleaf service, Investor Relations Guide and we provide additional information and support to the IR community through The Senior IR Network and the IR portal, IRzone.com.