da21f23e_sting_Standards___100_F_Street__NYSE
[0] Transition Period [Nasdaq] Companies must comply with the requirements related to compensation committee responsibilities and authority by July 1, 2013. If a company does not have a standing compensation committee by July 1, 2013, then the independent directors who determine, or recommend to the board for determination, executive compensation must comply with the requirements related to responsibilities and authority. Companies must comply with the remaining requirements related to compensation committees, including having a written compensation committee charter, by the earlier of: (1) their first annual meeting after January 15, 2014; or (2) October 31, 2014. Companies must certify their compliance with the compensation committee rules to Nasdaq no later than 30 days after the final implementation deadline. [NYSE] 
Companies must comply with the requirements related to compensation committee’s authority to retain and compensate advisers and responsibility to consider certain independence factors prior to selecting advisers beginning on July 1, 2013. Companies will have until the earlier of: (1) their first annual meeting after January 15, 2014; or (2) October 31, 2014, to comply with the independence requirements specific to compensation committee service.
The New Nasdaq and NYSE Compensation Committee Listing Standards - 100 F Street
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