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Share Incentives weekly highlights—24 August 2023

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Published on: 24 August 2023

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Table of contents

SAYE Schemes
Update to SAYE prospectus
Corporate governance
Median FTSE 100 CEO pay increased by 16% in 2022
Norges Bank Investment Management sees increased votes against CEO remuneration and board diversity
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Article summary

This week's edition of Share Incentives weekly highlights includes: (1) an updated specimen SAYE prospectus to reflect the new bonus mechanism, (2) a High Pay Centre report that median CEO remuneration increased by 16% in 2022 and is now 118 times that of the median UK full-time worker, and (3) a report published by Norges Bank Investment Management examining its voting record at shareholder meetings in the first half of 2023.

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