November 11, 2019

2019/2020 Executive Change in Control Report

Alvarez & Marsal's (A&M’s) Compensation and Benefits Practice is pleased to share the results of its 2019/2020 Executive Change in Control Report.

In an environment of heightened scrutiny on executive change in control arrangements, boards and compensation committees do not want to be perceived as providing excessive change in control benefits relative to their peers or offering benefits that conflict with maximizing shareholder value. To assist companies in validating existing change in control benefits and identifying opportunities for change, the Compensation and Benefits Practice of Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) examined executive change in control arrangements at the top 200 publicly traded companies in the United States.

This report analyzes change in control arrangements of CEOs and CFOs, including the value of the change in control benefits, severance practices, triggers for equity award vesting, and excise tax protections. We again partnered with Equilar to provide some statistics and commentary on recent actual transactions

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