Meridian Compensation Partners

BOARD ADVISORY SERVICES - Governance best practices - Committee Chair consultation and assistance - Committee charter planning and process - Meeting participation and facilitation - Subject matter and industry expertise - Insights into unique company circumstances - Board and CEO performance evaluations - Committee member orientation and education PROGRAM DESIGN - Compensation philosophy - Alignment with business strategy - Short- and long-term Incentive plan design - Stock ownership and shareholder alignment strategies - Retirement and deferred compensation - Retention strategies - Severance benefits / change-in-control protections PERFORMANCE ALIGNMENT - Performance metric evaluation and selection - Application in short- and long-term incentives - Performance evaluation and peer comparisons - Realized compensation assessments COMPENSATION BENCHMARKING - Peer group development - Survey evaluation and strategies - Position matching - Valuation methodologies - Plan design comparisons REGULATORY ISSUES & COMPLIANCE - Shareholder voting (Say on Pay) strategies - Proxy advisor strategies (e.g., ISS, Glass Lewis) - Proxy disclosure development, drafting, and review - SEC reporting and compliance - Tax and accounting strategies - Employment agreements - Stock plan modeling and approval strategies - Severance / change-in-control liability calculations - Expense calculations (Black-Scholes, Monte Carlo) - Governance policies and guidelines (clawbacks, risk assessment, stock ownership) CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING - Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) - Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) - Divestitures and spin-offs - Bankruptcy restructuring