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On January 25, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final rules (the “Final Rules”) to implement the provisions of Section 951 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which requires publicly traded companies to provide for non-binding shareholder votes on executive compensation (“say-on-pay votes”), the frequency of say-on-pay votes (“say-when-on-pay votes”), and golden parachute packages of named executive officers (“say-on-golden-parachute votes”). The Final Rules become effective on April 4, 2011 and are largely similar to proposed rules (the “Proposed Rules”) that the SEC issued on October 18, 2010, discussed here. This Clients & Friends Memo supplements our previous discussion of the Proposed Rules by summarizing some of the substantive differences between the Proposed and Final Rules. https://www.cadwalader.com/resources/clients-friends-memos/sec-finalizes-rules-regarding-shareholder-approval-of-executive-compensation-and-golden-parachute-arrangements