SEC Issues Guidance On Pay Ratio Disclosure

On September 21, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") published interpretive guidance (the "SEC Guidance") to assist public companies in their preparation of the pay ratio disclosure required by Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the "Act"). The staff of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance (the "Staff") separately published interpretive guidance (the "Staff Guidance) relating to the use of sampling and other reasonable methodologies. This Staff guidance is intended to assist registrants in determining how to use statistical sampling methodologies and other reasonable methods in complying with the pay ratio disclosure obligation. The Staff has further supplemented its guidance with new and revised Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.