Publication

Research Report

2020 Use of Environmental, Social, and Governance Measures in Incentive Plans

Research Report | By Erin Bass-Goldberg, Tahmid Ali

Driven by multiple stakeholders embracing the premise that a strong ESG proposition is an essential element to sustainable long-term company performance, attention on company ESG behavior and transparency is rapidly increasing. This report looks at the current practices among the largest U.S. public companies with respect to use of ESG measures within incentive programs.

2020 Top 250 Report

Research Report | By Andrew Lash, Joey Choi, Matt Lum

COVID-19 has created a business environment of unprecedented volatility and uncertainty – challenging leaders’ ability to establish short and long-term business forecasts and forcing boards of directors and compensation professionals to re-assess incentive programs. This report presents information on long-term incentives granted to executives at the 250 largest U.S. companies in the S&P 500 Index.

2020 Aggregate Share-Based Compensation

Research Report | By James Garriga

Our fourth study of aggregate share-based compensation includes findings on company-wide annual grant rates; overhang; frequency and prevalence of long-term incentive plan share requestes; and allocation of long-term incentive pools to the CEO and other proxy officers.

2019 Annual Incentive Plan Report

Research Report | By Tom Kohn, Joe Sorrentino

FW Cook’s 2019 Annual Incentive Plan Report focuses on annual incentive plan design practices among the largest 250 companies in the S&P 500 by market capitalization. While designs vary between companies and industries, some common themes among the Top 250 companies were observed.

2018 Global Top 250 Compensation Survey

Research Report | By David Cole, Stephen Hom, Jason Light

FW Cook, FIT Remuneration Consultants and Pretium Partners are proud to present our inaugural Global Top 250 Compensation Survey, which contains information on compensation levels for the CEO and CFO roles, the design of long-term incentives, and share usage at the 250 largest listed companies globally.

2018 Director Compensation Report

Research Report | By Alexa Kierzkowski

FW Cook’s 2018 Director Compensation Report studies non-employee director compensation at 300 companies of various sizes and industries to analyze market practices in pay levels and program structure. Median pay key findings include…

2017 Director Compensation Report

Research Report | By Todd Krauser

FW Cook’s 2017 Director Compensation Report studies non-employee director compensation at 300 companies of various sizes and industries to analyze market practices in pay levels and program structure.

2017 Aggregate Share-Based Compensation

Research Report |

FW Cook’s 5th study of aggregate share-based compensation covers 2014 to 2016, and includes company-wide annual grant rates; overhang; frequency and prevalence of long-term incentive plan share requests; allocation of long-term incentive pools to the CEO and other proxy officers; and prevalence of employee stock purchase plans.

2017 Top 250 Report

Research Report | By Austin Lee, Voytek Sokolowski, Edward D. Graskamp

This 45th annual FW Cook Top 250 Report details the long-term incentive practices and trends of the 250 largest companies by market cap value in the S&P 500. Notable trends and key findings from this year’s study include…