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Performance Awards: Strings Attached?

Performance Awards are being issued in record numbers, with about 50% of S&P 500 companies awarding performance-linked equity compensation. The surge in performance shares, performance share units, and performance stock options follows Dodd-Frank’s Say on Pay provision and is popular … Continue reading

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Did taxes slay your last stock options profits? The lack of a strategy can be a costly “exercise”!

If you have ever waited until close to expiration date to exercise your non-qualified stock options (NQSO), you may have been stunned by how much was swallowed up in taxes. While a cashless exercise is the most popular way to … Continue reading

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Restricted Stock: Maximizing the Value and Asking the Right Questions

As the stock markets have waned, more companies have been compensating executives with restricted stock rather than stock options in recent years. Executives who acquire a concentration in company stock often ask: Are there ways to save taxes on particular … Continue reading

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Understanding Performance Awards

Your long-term incentives may hinge on some form of performance metric, now that companies have been issuing performance awards in increasing numbers. Issuance of performance awards nearly doubled between 2006 and 2010, fueled by stock market volatility and increasing shareholder … Continue reading

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