Revised Shareholder Rights Directive: amendments to the directors’ remuneration regime

Table of contents

• What is the background?
• The existing UK legal framework
• Extending the directors’ remuneration regime to unquoted traded companies
• Directors’ remuneration policy
• Directors’ remuneration report
• Other amendments
• Timing

Article summary

Corporate analysis: The government has published draft regulations implementing parts of the revised Shareholder Rights Directive. The draft regulations update the existing UK legal framework relating to directors’ remuneration to make it consistent with the requirements of the Directive.