The company utilizes performance - based
equity awards with specific performance criteria and hurdle rates disclosed
Not exact matches
And in the midst of its troubles throughout 2014 — Levi stepped back as president and CEO to become executive chairman in November — GrowthWorks was the recipient, along
with BDC Venture Capital, of the «Deal of the Year»
award from Canada's Venture Capital & Private
Equity Association following its sale of Layer 7 Technologies, a developer of security software for businesses.
Each of the three received a $ 1 million cash bonus for staying
with Valeant, and
equity awards wort as much as $ 3.8 million on top of their existing bonuses and salaries.
The company also offers an
equity awards program
with regular stock options, performance - based stock options, and RSUs.
With stock
awards and options,
equity compensation programs can serve as additional ways to pay workers beyond wages or salaries.
Represents share - based compensation expense associated
with equity awards for the periods indicated; also includes the portion of annual non-cash incentive compensation expense that eligible employees elected to receive or are expected to elect to receive as common
equity in lieu of their 2017 and 2018 cash bonus, respectively.
While Jimmy Kimmel generally won the day for his willingness to elevate the issues of gender and racial
equity, it was Frances McDormand who deserves the
award for bringing a human resources toolkit to the podium
with her.
This table does not include
equity awards that have been assumed by Apple in connection
with the acquisition of other companies.
We believe our ability to grant
equity - based
awards is a valuable and necessary compensation tool that aligns the long - term financial interests of the employees and directors
with the financial interests of our stockholders.
We generally do not enter into severance arrangements
with our named executive officers, and none of the
equity awards granted to the named executive officers under Apple's
equity incentive plans provide for acceleration in connection
with a change in control or a termination of employment, other than as noted below or in connection
with death or disability.
(l) Except as otherwise set forth in Schedule 2.7 (l) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) the Company is not and will not be obligated to pay separation, severance, termination or similar benefits as a result of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor will any such transactions accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount, of any benefit or other compensation due to any individual; and (ii) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not cause the Company to record additional compensation expense on its income statements
with respect to any outstanding Stock Option or other
equity - based
award.
Jarden's executives» cash bonuses and
equity awards are tied to meeting specific «adjusted EPS» criteria, which is the same as reported EPS except that it removes certain expenses, including stock compensation associated
with restricted stock.
After reviewing the revised peer group director compensation data in June 2009, the committee 1) set pay for the new non-executive Chairman of the Board, 2) increased the value of the annual
equity award from $ 145,000 to $ 175,000, since the previous level of compensation was deemed below the market median, and 3) changed the
equity grant vehicle from 100 % restricted stock units (RSUs) to 50 % RSUs and 50 % outperformance stock units (OSUs) in order to more closely align
with the
equity package that Intel executives receive.
If we terminate Mr. Drexler's employment without cause or he terminates his employment
with good reason, Mr. Drexler will be entitled to receive (i) a payment of his earned but unpaid annual base salary through the termination date, any accrued vacation pay and any un-reimbursed expenses, and (ii) subject to Mr. Drexler's execution of a valid general release and waiver of claims against us, as well as his compliance
with the non-competition, non-solicitation and confidential information restrictions described below, (a) a payment equal to his annual base salary and target cash incentive
award, one - half of such payment to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date and the remaining one - half of such payment to be paid in six equal monthly installments commencing on the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the termination date, (b) a payment equal to the product of (x) the last annual cash incentive
award Mr. Drexler received prior to the termination date and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days of service completed by Mr. Drexler in the year of termination and the denominator of which is 365, such amount to be paid on the first business day that is six (6) months and one (1) day following the termination date, and (c) the immediate vesting of such portion of unvested restricted shares and stock options as provided and pursuant to the terms of the relevant grant agreements under our 2003
Equity Incentive Plan.
If any covered officer is not in compliance
with these stock ownership guidelines, he or she may not sell or otherwise dispose of more than 50 percent of any Shares that vest pursuant to any
equity award during any period for which he or she is not in compliance
with such guidelines until such time as he or she is in compliance
with the guidelines and such sale would not cause the covered officer to cease to be in compliance
with the guidelines.
If any covered officer is not in compliance
with the guidelines, he or she may not sell or otherwise dispose of more than 50 percent of any Walmart Shares that vest pursuant to any
equity award during any period for which he or she is not in compliance
with the guidelines until such time as he or she is in compliance
with the guidelines and such sale would not cause the covered officer to cease to be in compliance
with the guidelines.
The agreements
with Mr. Drexler and Ms. Lyons also provide for accelerated vesting of certain
equity awards in connection
with certain terminations of employment.
Management provides the Committee
with a recommendation concerning the size of the
equity awards for the Named Executive Officers other than the CEO.
In addition to the non-employee director compensation policy, in connection
with this offering, we adopted a director stock ownership policy encouraging non-employee directors to hold shares of our Class A common stock
with a value equal to at least one times the fair value of the director's annual
equity award.
The table above does not include (i) 5,952,917 shares of Class A common stock reserved for issuance under our 2015 Incentive
Award Plan (as described in «Executive Compensation — New Employment Agreements and Incentive Plans»), consisting of (x) 2,689,486 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of options to purchase shares of Class A common stock granted on the date of this prospectus to our directors and certain employees, including the named executive officers, in connection
with this offering as described in «Executive Compensation — Director Compensation» and «Executive Compensation — New
Equity Awards,» and (y) 3,263,431 additional shares of Class A common stock reserved for future issuance and (ii) 24,269,792 shares of Class A common stock issuable to the Continuing SSE
Equity Owners upon redemption or exchange of their LLC Interests as described in «Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions — SSE Holdings LLC Agreement.»
When we issue payments or grants of
equity to selling shareholders in connection
with an acquisition, we evaluate whether the payments or
awards are compensatory.
In addition to the non-employee director compensation policy, we intend to adopt a director stock ownership policy encouraging non-employee directors to hold shares of our Class A common stock
with a value equal to at least one times the fair value of the director's annual
equity award.
As of November 11, 2013, a total of 20.873 million shares of the Company's common stock were subject to all outstanding
awards granted under the Company's
equity compensation plans (including the shares then subject to outstanding
awards under the 2003 Plan and the Director Plan, as well as outstanding
awards assumed by the Company in connection
with acquisitions, but exclusive of shares that employees may purchase under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan), of which 17.265 million shares were then subject to outstanding restricted stock unit
awards and 3.608 million shares were then subject to outstanding stock options.
The objectives of our long - term incentive
awards, including
equity - based compensation, are to encourage executives to focus on our long - term growth and to incentivize executives to manage our company from the perspective of stockholders
with a meaningful stake in our success.
Our
equity - based
awards generally vest over a three - or four - year period, subject to the executive's continuing service
with the company.
We believe that such
equity awards provide an effective performance incentive because executive officers obtain increasing value from their options and RSUs if our stock price increases (which would benefit all stockholders) and they remain employed
with us beyond the date that their options or RSUs vest.
His
equity awards increased in value to $ 5 million in order to keep up
with the peer benchmark.
The compensation committee is able to
award executives
with equity incentive
awards that are aimed at aligning executives
with the interests of shareholders.
In addition, the compensation committee believes
awarding equity rewards tied to the stock price motivates the executive team to focus on growing the business by aligning
with the interests of shareholders.
The Austin - based nonprofit accelerator will work
with up to 100 startups that will compete for up to $ 500,000 in
equity - free cash
awards.
The Oakmark Family of Funds was named Lipper's Best
Equity Large Fund Group, an
award designed to recognize fund families
with strong track records across all of their funds.
Includes 2,028,516 shares which were pledged in connection
with loans used to fund tax and other obligations associated
with vesting and delivery of
equity incentive
awards and purchases of Company shares.
Q3 operating loss was driven by the spin - off expenses and a $ 16.2 million non-cash charge related to the modification of certain IAC
equity awards in connection
with the spin - offs.
Streisand evoked the protest hashtag #TimesUp, but it was Oprah Winfrey, accepting a career
award with a barnburner of a speech, who brought together the gender, racial and
equity concerns of all the hashtags of rage, which also include #MeToo and #OscarsSoWhite.
Morningside Center, in collaboration
with researchers, was
awarded a federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant to increase
equity in schools through a novel combination of SEL, restorative practices, and courageous conversations about race.
Leadership for Educational
Equity (LEE), 5 Questions for Milagros Barsallo of RISE Colorado LEE conducts a short interview
with co-founder Milagros Barsallo about RISE Colorado winning the Teach For America Social Innovation
Award.
During this two - day ASCD Institute, renowned authors Alan M. Blankstein and Pedro Noguera, along
with award - winning education scholars, district and school leaders and practitioners, will share strategies to pursue
equity and close instructional and achievement gaps in multicultural K — 12 districts and schools.
We
award the best grades to firms
with low leverage ratios (defined as the ratio of assets to stockholders»
equity) compared to their peers.
Instead, we
award better grades to firms
with low leverage ratios (defined as the ratio of assets to stockholder's
equity) compared to their peers.
Nationwide Mortgage Loans Introduces the Second Mortgage that Requires NO Appraisal for Home
Equity Loans to 125 % and Refinancing Credit Lines Second Mortgage and Home
Equity Loan Compatible
with the Controversial «Pick a Payment Loan» Nationwide Mortgage Loan Company announced the arrival of the 110 % Mortgage Program Nationwide Mortgage Loans is
Awarded Preferred Broker Status
with Irwin Home
Equity Nationwide Mortgage Loans Offers a Convertible Home
Equity Line of Credit
with Options to Refinance Portions to a Fixed Rate Second Mortgage Loan
Jason graduated
with a BS summa cum laude in physics from the California Institute of Technology, was
awarded an MS in finance from Stanford University, and earned his PhD in finance from UCLA, where he conducted research on the
equity premium, business cycles, and portfolio allocations.
Building on his pioneering work on the RAFI ™ Fundamental Index ™ approach to investing
with Rob Arnott in 2005, he has published numerous articles on the topic, notably including «A Survey of Alternative
Equity Index Strategies,» which won a 2011 Graham and Dodd Scroll and the Readers» Choice
Award from CFA Institute, and «The Surprising Alpha from Malkiel's Monkey and Upside - Down Strategies,» which won the 2013 Bernstein Fabozzi / Jacobs Levy
Award for Outstanding Paper in the Journal of Portfolio Management.
«HXS is an
award - winning U.S.
Equity ETF,
with low tracking error, high tax - efficiency and now, a very competitive management fee,» said Mr. Hawkins.
Again, in October 2009, when Activision planned to include Infinity Ward in its annual
equity grants, West and Zampella refused to provide Activision
with a list of the names it needed of the Infinity Ward employees that deserved
awards of valuable stock and options.
Today Team17 have made the rather fantastic announcement that following the recent partnership
with leading mid-market Private
Equity firm LDC, joining this
award - winning international games developer / publisher is Chris van der Kuyl as a non-executive Chairman.
PSU, along
with Drexel University was
awarded another research grant in BBSP's 2018 - 9 cycle, where they will develop a comprehensive catalogue of bike share
equity methods across the U.S., and work to determine whether individual systems are meeting their
equity metrics.
Austin Bike Share
Equity Project: $ 50,000 Austin, TX Austin B - cycle will use this grant
award to address barriers of cost, safety, comfort
with bicycling, and language through a bilingual outreach and education campaign along
with subsidized membership and cash payment options.
In considering the equitable distribution
award, the appellate court first pointed out the distinction between the considerations in equitable distribution and the considerations for spousal support, that spousal support requires a consideration of the
equities between the parties and the standard of living established during the marriage while equitable distribution is concerned
with the acquisition, growth and preservation of marital assets, citing Lightburn v. Lightburn, 22 Va..
Baker McKenzie took the
award for Private
Equity Team of the Year after impressing judges
with its work for Bain Capital on the $ 3.1 bn (# 2.4 bn) sale of its portfolio company, Brakes Group — a distributor of frozen, grocery and chilled foods to the catering industry — to Sysco Corporation, North America's leading food service distributor.
Larry's panel, «Dealing
with Restricted Stock, Stock Options and Executive Compensation in Corporate M&A Transactions,» will discuss compensation issues in M&A transactions, treatment of outstanding
equity - based
awards and tax issues in assuming or eliminating deferred compensation in an acquisition, Sections 280G and 4999 relating to golden parachutes and amelioration techniques for gross - ups, and impact of Sections 409A and 457A.