Current Issues in Executive Compensation and Proxy Preparation

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

New York - October 3, 2007

Agenda, Panelists and Course Materials

Program of Events

Panelists and Biographies

Mary E. Alcock
Kathleen M. Emberger
Nicolas Grabar
Claude E. Johnston Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Arthur H. Kohn
Robert J. Raymond
A. Richard Susko
John C. Wilcox TIAA-CREF
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
TIAA-CREF

Course Materials

Table of Contents

Compensation Disclosure: The 2007 Season

Selected Issues in Compensation Disclosure Tab 1
Selected SEC Proxy Comments Tab 2
Presentation on Proxy Developments and Other Miscellaneous Issues Tab 3
8-K Cheat Sheet Tab 4
Note on the Materiality of Performance Targets Tab 5
TIAA-CREF's 10 Questions for Evaluating CD&A Tab 6

Selected Compensation Trends

Amendments to Sections 162(m) and 409A Proposed under Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007 as approved by Senate Finance Committee on 1.22.07 Tab 7
Say-on-Pay Proposal Tab 8

Section 409A Questionnaire for Overseas Employees Tab 9
Memorandum Regarding Emerging Delaware Standards for Compensation Decision-Making Tab 10
Anticipating Next Years Option Awards: A Thought Piece About Capturing Option Value Tab 11
Bader v. Blankfein et al. (Verified Complaint) Tab 12
Presentation on Compensation Trends Tab 13
Shareholder Approval of Executive Pay: The UK Experience Tab 14
IRS Notice 2007-49: Covered Employees Under Section 162(m)(3) Tab 15

Designing Compensation Programs
The Role of Compensation Consultants

Form of Independence Guidelines Tab 16
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International v. Jerney,
921 A.2d 732 (2007) Tab 17
Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. Client Alert Regarding SEC Staff Comment Letters on Proxy Disclosure of Executive Compensation Tab 18
Response Letter to Henry A. Waxman on Consultant Independence Tab 19

Beyond Compensation: E-Proxy, Voting and Access

Presentation on E-Proxy, Voting and Shareholder Access Tab 20
Voting at Annual Meetings Tab 21

Advantage Materials

Compensation Disclosure

Select Topic Pages

Executive compensation disclosures

Regulation S-K: CD&A and Pay Tables

Precedent and SEC Comment Letters

Select Disclosure Issues

Compensation Consultants

IRC §162(m)

Form 8-K

Selected Compensation Trends

Select Topic Pages

Compensation Consultants

Select Topic Pages

Compensation consultants Firm directory
S-K 407(e)

Compensation discussion & analysis Precedent disclosures

E-Proxy, Voting and Access

Select Topic Pages

Internet proxy availability

Broker votes NYSE Rule 452

Empty voting Vote buying
Majority voting
Rule 14a-8
Shareholder proposals Shareholder access
AFSCME v AIG

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