NEW AND UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Now in a thoroughly updated Third Edition, Compensation Committee Handbook provides a comprehensive review of the complex issues facing compensation committees in the wake of Sarbanes-Oxley. This new and updated edition addresses a full range of functional issues facing compensation committees, including organizing, planning, and best practices tips.

As the responsibilities of the compensation committee continue to increase, the need for practical and comprehensive material has become even more imperative. Complete with compliance advice on the latest rules and regulations that have developed since the publication of the last edition, Compensation Committee Handbook, Third Edition provides the most up-to-date and reliable information on:

The latest regulations impacting executive compensation, including new regulations issued by the SEC, recently revised GAAP accounting rules, and the just-finalized IRS regulations impacting the taxation of stock options

The roles and responsibilities of the compensation committee, including best practice tips and techniques

Selecting and training compensation committee members

How to make compensation committees a performance driver for a company

Practical applications, including incentive compensation and equity-based compensation

Compensation Committee Handbook, Third Edition will help all compensation committee members and interested professionals succeed in melding highly complex technical information and concepts with both corporate governance principles and sound business judgment.

This handbook provides reviews of the complex issues facing compensation committees in the wake of Sarbanes-Oxley, and gives advice on organizing, planning, and best practices, melding complex technical information and concepts with both corporate governance principles and sound business judgment. This third edition offers advice on the latest rules and regulations that have developed since the publication of the last edition, with updated information on recently revised GAAP accounting rules and the just-finalized IRS regulations impacting the taxation of stock options. Coverage includes the role and responsibilities of the compensation committee, selecting and training compensation committee members, and practical applications in areas such as incentive compensation and equity-based compensation. Some 125 pages of appendices provide selected rules, regulations, and forms, and list organizations and training opportunities. Reda is an executive compensation consultant. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The "Third Edition" of the "Compensation Committee Handbook" provides a comprehensive review of the issues facing compensation committees. It covers functional issues such as organizing, planning, and best practice tips as well as compliance advice on the implications of Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations. New developments covered in the third edition include coverage of new SEC disclosure requirements for compensation committees, new GAAP rules on expensing of stock options and other stock based compensation, and new IRS regulations on stock-based compensation.