Executive Compensation Solutions
Stand Up To Scrutiny. Manage Stakeholders. Comply With Requirements.
Design, monitor, and communicate executive pay programs that effectively link pay to performance
Today’s executive compensation landscape is more complex than ever. Companies are facing heightened competition for executive talent, pressures from their shareholders, and increased media scrutiny. ICS’ leading executive compensation solutions provide you with the resources you need to take your compensation program to the next level.
Streamline your annual executive compensation lifecycle, from strategy setting to implementation and shareholder feedback.
EXPLORE ICS EXECCOMP SOLUTIONS
DESIGN EQUITY PLANS
Online equity plan benchmarking tool provides self-service benchmarking of plan features, burn rates, and dilution across various peer groups and industry segments. Evaluation and modeling can be done directly by users via the online tool or results can be delivered by your dedicated advisor.
Advisors deliver holistic, full-service equity plan support using proprietary ISS Equity Plan Scorecard methodology
ANTICIPATE SHAREHOLDER CONCERNS & OPTIMIZE DISCLOSURES
Tell your compensation story, anticipate shareholder concerns, and improve your disclosures
Anticipate Shareholder Issues
- Analyze quantitative pay-forperformance tests
- Assess any prior investor concerns raised
- Understand potential perception of recent pay decisions
Evaluate pay decisions
- Identify problematic pay practices
- Evaluate disclosure of peer set constructions, pay mix, performance metrics, and target setting
Improve your disclosure
- Harness best disclosure practices
- Evaluate appropriateness of Realizable Pay disclosure
- Demonstrate shareholder engagement and responsiveness
BUILD, ANALYZE & MONITOR PEER GROUPS
BUILD
- Leverage the most extensive company-disclosed peer database to identify peer group connections
- Identify a comprehensive list of potential peers
ANALYZE
- Customize a peer scoring model using a multitude of criteria to identify and rank potential peers
- Perform what-if analysis of compensation positioning relative to potential peer groups
MONITOR
- Monitor peer companies and assess their applicability as changes occur during the year
- Review market trends to stay informed on best practices
Leverage Peer Architect’s extensive data and powerful analytics to navigate the complex process of peer selection
TEST PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE ALIGNMENT
Leverage ICS’ analytical approach to uncovering possible pay and performance misalignment. Experienced ICS advisors help you uncover contributing factors and suggest adjustments to your plan structure.
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Build custom CEO pay analyses that aid in the preparation of compensation plans, identifying potential areas of investor concern, and drafting of your CD&A
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Create custom peer groups using the most recent ISS projected peers or company’s disclosed peers as a baseline
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Compare pay for performance scores against ISS’ high, medium, and low concern thresholds for a given company
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Access projected ISS Pay-for Performance peer groups and Financial Performance Assessment results
BENCHMARK EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR PAY
ICS acts as an extension of your team, helping you optimize your executive compensation program and align executive incentives with shareholder interests.
Assess alignment of pay incentives and company strategy using ICS’ comprehensive compensation data.
- Uncover best practices
- Make informed compensation decisions
- Support your CD&A narrative
- Develop an actionable plan for responding to investor concerns
CEO + NEO Compensation Coverage
6,000
GLOBAL COMPANIES
View executive compensation
by pay rank, role, or executive name.
MEASURE AND TRACK TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURN
Utilize guided workflows to analyze absolute and relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR) Performance
- Define a performance period, select methodologies for price measurement and treatment of dividends
- Analyze results highlighting your company’s overall TSR performance and other key stats, and export reports to support a calculation audit
- Evaluate performance trends among a self-selected peer group, ISS selected peer group, custom peer group, or an index
- Track performance monthly or quarterly and identify leaders and laggards among peers and industry
DESIGN PERFORMANCE AWARDS, METRICS & GOALS
ICS design services leverage the Award Simulator to establish a clear line of sight into the value and achievability of performance-based awards. The Award Simulator is a cutting-edge model incorporating Monte Carlo simulations and the best forecast data available to help you with metric selection, goal setting, and other design decisions.
Use the ICS Award Simulator to:
- Goal setting to model payout probabilities and set appropriate goals
- Metric selection, including benchmarking of metric use by peers and industry trends
- Ongoing monitoring and tracking of awards during the performance period
- Guidance on presentation of award design designs
- Scenario Testing to compare alternate designs and build effective awards
DEVELOP SHAREHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
How you choose to engage makes all the difference.
Experienced ICS’ advisors will conduct a post-AGM analysis of your shareholder meeting and work with you to:
- Identify issues that may be contentious with your large shareholders
- Target shareholders with whom engagement may be particularly effective
- Design an effective engagement program
- Assess how to respond to investor feedback and articulate engagement programs in proxy filings
Discover different ExecComp packages with features based on your needs.
Make sense of the data.
Our advisory services can help put
it all into context.
ICS provides you with year-round value with an array of executive compensation and corporate governance solutions. Whether it’s gathering data for your meetings or assisting with complex strategic decisions, ICS’ advisory team gives you the edge you need to reduce governance risk and effectively manage your executive compensation lifecycle.
