Statement of Chairman Paul S. Atkins: "Our rules must be grounded in achieving the Commission's three-part mission: investor protection, fair, orderly and efficient markets, and capital formation.... These rules should be cost-effective for companies to comply with and provide material information to investors in plain English.... Today's roundtable is one of the first steps in considering whether the current executive compensation disclosure requirements achieve these objectives, and if not, how the rules should be amended." [Also available: remarks by Commissioners Hester M. Peirce, Caroline A. Crenshaw, and Mark T. Uyeda]  MORE >>