The purpose of this Post is remind publicly-traded companies to revisit their stock ownership policies to determine whether a temporary waiver of the policy requirements is advisable. This Post is Part 5 of a 7-Part series addressing compensation adjustments that Compensation Committees could consider in order to continue to incent and retain their executive officers
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Current Compensation Issues (Part 4 of 7): Retention Packages to Discourage Poaching
By Anthony J. Eppert on
Posted in Compensation Design
The purpose of this Post is to highlight whether Compensation Committees should be offering retention packages to their executive officers to discourage their being poached by another company. This Post is Part 4 of a 7-Part series addressing compensation adjustments that Compensation Committees could consider in order to continue to incent and retain their executive…
Current Compensation Issues (Part 3 of 7): Address Outstanding Performance-Based Equity Awards
By Anthony J. Eppert on
Posted in Compensation Design
This post is part of a 7-part series addressing compensation adjustments that Compensation Committees could consider in order to continue to incent and retain their executive officers in today’s economy. The titles of each of the 7-parts in this series are listed at the bottom of this post. This Part 3 is entitled “Address Outstanding Performance-Based Equity Awards,” and provides some alternatives that Compensation Committees could consider with respect to outstanding performance-based equity awards that have currently unachievable performance goals. Such alternatives include (listed in no particular order, and not an exhaustive list):…
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Current Compensation Issues (Part 2 of 7): Consider Changes to Increase Cash Flow
By Anthony J. Eppert on
Posted in Compensation Design
This post is part of a 7-part series addressing compensation adjustments that Compensation Committees could consider in order to continue to incent and retain their executive officers in today’s economy. The titles of each of the 7-parts in this series are listed at the bottom of this post. This Part 2 is entitled “Consider Changes to Increase Cash Flow,” and provides some ideas that a Compensation Committee could implement that could work to increase the company’s cash flow and produce positive proxy disclosure. Such ideas are (listed in no particular order, and not an exhaustive list):…
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Webinar: Golden Parachutes & 280G: Design Pointers on How to Win
By Anthony J. Eppert on
Posted in Change in Control
Just a quick reminder that this Thursday (March 14, 2019) we are hosting our monthly webinar program and the discussion topic is “Golden Parachutes & 280G: Design Pointers on How to Win.” Our discussion will include: (i) an explanation of 280G and how the calculations are applied, (ii) how 280G issues are typically addressed in…
How to Negotiate Executive Employment Contracts
By Anthony J. Eppert on
Posted in Employment
If you interested in learning (or refreshing your skills on) how to negotiate executive employment contracts, then please tune in to our FREE 1-hour webinar on December 13, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Central. This webinar is entitled “How to Negotiate Executive Employment Agreements” and you can sign up here.