The purpose of this Post is to help issuers prepare for the upcoming 2020 proxy season by providing a non-exhaustive list of certain compensatory issues/topics to consider. To that end (listed in no particular order):
ADOPT AN ANNUAL GRANT POLICY
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As a follow-on to last month’s webinar, please join us this Thursday (July 11, 2019) for our FREE webinar entitled “Multi-Disciplinary Facets to Net Withholding: It Ain’t Boring“. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss administrative and design considerations when effectuating net withholding with respect to equity awards, including whether to…
All publicly-traded issuers have (or should have) a blackout policy that prohibits a designated individual from engaging in open-market transactions whenever such individual possesses material non-public information. But what if the issuer is always (or near always) in a blackout period? How does the issuer satisfy its income tax withholding obligation if the individual cannot finance the obligation through other means (e.g., family money, borrowings, etc.) and the individual is prohibited from financing the obligation by selling shares in the open market? Answers to these questions are discussed in this Tip of the Week (presented in NO particular order, and not intended as an exhaustive list).
Continue Reading Tip of the Week: 4 Ideas to Ease Tax Obligations When Equity Awards Vest During a Blackout Period
