2022-12792: Reopening of Comment Period for Listing Standards for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation

Summary

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is reopening the comment period for its proposal for Listing Standards for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation, Exchange Act Release No. 34-75342 (July 1, 2015) (the "Proposing Release"). The proposed rules would direct the national securities exchanges and national securities associations to establish listing standards that would require each issuer to develop and implement a policy providing for the recovery, under certain circumstances, of incentive-based compensation based on financial information required to be reported under the securities laws that is received by current or former executive officers, and require disclosure of the policy. The Commission reopened the comment period for Proposing Release in the Reopening of Comment Period for Listing Standards for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation Release, Exchange Act Release No. Release No. 34-93311 (Oct. 14, 2021) (the "Reopening Release"). The Commission is re-opening the comment period to allow interested persons to analyze and comment on the additional analysis and data on compensation recovery policies and accounting restatements contained in a staff memorandum that was added to the public comment file on June 8, 2022.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 4 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 17 CFR 229 Standard Instructions for Filing Forms Under Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975—Regulation S-K
• 17 CFR 240 General Rules and Regulations, Securities Exchange Act of 1934
• 17 CFR 249 Forms, Securities Exchange Act of 1934
• 17 CFR 274 Forms Prescribed Under the Investment Company Act of 1940