Dec. 18, 2025
Chair Paul Atkins, I am writing as a main street investor to urge the SEC to maintain its executive compensation disclosure rules in their current form. Pay transparency helps ensure that senior executives are not overpaid and that their compensation is aligned with the long-term best interests of their companies. In my view, sunlight is the best disinfectant" when it comes to curbing executive pay abuses. Over 400x pay gap is ridiculous and should be illegal. No one should struggle to survive and make ends meet while someone two steps up the corporate hierarchy just bought a new luxury vehicle in full. I can barely afford rent and groceries and my DM owns a brand new VW and you expect that to be fair? I can't afford $5 to get lunch at work and he can drop money on South Park toys The growing number of executive compensation plans and their increased complexity is the reason why executive compensation disclosure has increased in length. If companies find these disclosure requirements too burdensome, perhaps they should consider simplifying their senior executives' compensation by, for example, eliminating perks like the personal use of corporate jets. I strongly urge the SEC to maintain its existing disclosure rules, including the summary compensation table, the disclosure of senior executives' perks and the disclosure of the ratio of CEO to median employee pay. These disclosures are material information to main street investors like me when voting on say-on-pay resolutions, electing directors who serve on compensation committees and deciding which companies to invest in. Jarrett Vickery [REDACTED]