Following yesterday’s announcement by the Government on how it will legislate to give shareholders of quoted companies greater control over directors’ pay – which we covered in this post - the Financial Reporting Council has today published a report on “A single figure for directors’ remuneration”. Accompanying press release here.
The aim of the report, which comes out of work done by the FRC’s Financial Reporting Lab, is to suggest a methodology by which quoted companies can publish a single figure for the pay of each of their directors. The report will support the Government’s intention, in its proposed pay reforms, to require quoted companies to publish that single figure in the pay “implementation report” that a company will need to publish in its annual report.
The FRC’s report runs to 15 pages and contains multiple tables, suggest disclosure approaches and appendices – suggesting that the production of a single figure that is meaningful (and comparable across other companies) is, as might be expected, not going to be straightforward. Cold towels all round.
See also: FRC to consult on directors’ pay in support of the Government’s reform plans
