Sentences with phrase «of equity compensation plans»

Mr. Ludmer also handles employment law issues, including downsizings and restructurings, senior employee contracts, and the implementation of equity compensation plans for multinational workforces.

Foley Hoag helps clients establish stock incentive, phantom stock and other forms of equity compensation plans, as well as management carve - out plans, bonus plans and deferred compensation arrangements.

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Unfortunately, despite decades of experience building new hire option plans, many start - ups still fail to put in place an equity compensation plan that adequately rewards long term employees over time.

«Further to the approval of the 2014 Equity Plan in April of this year, we have developed Guidelines that further align compensation to the long - term interests of shareowners,» said Muhtar Kent, Coke's CEO, in a statement.

The Compensation Committee, consisting entirely of independent directors, is responsible for Apple's compensation and incentive plans and programs, approves all compensation for Apple's executive officers, and acts as the administrative committee for Apple's employee eCompensation Committee, consisting entirely of independent directors, is responsible for Apple's compensation and incentive plans and programs, approves all compensation for Apple's executive officers, and acts as the administrative committee for Apple's employee ecompensation and incentive plans and programs, approves all compensation for Apple's executive officers, and acts as the administrative committee for Apple's employee ecompensation for Apple's executive officers, and acts as the administrative committee for Apple's employee equity plans.

If you hold your shares in street name, it is critical that you cast your vote if you want it to count in the election of directors, the vote to approve the amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the vote to approve the amendment and restatement of our 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation, and the stockholder proposals requesting: (i) the elimination of supermajority voting requirements, (ii) the adoption of a policy to consider employee pay ranges when setting CEO compensation, and (iii) a report on Salesforce's criteria for investing in, operating in and withdrawing from high - risk regions (Proposals 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in this Proxy Statement).

As described under «Item 4 — Approve the Amended and Restated Long - Term Incentive Compensation Plan» on page 88 of this proxy statement, the Board is proposing to amend the LTICP to permit grants of equity awards to non-employee directors.

Additional information about the LTICP and other plans pursuant to which awards in the form of shares of the Company's common stock may be made to directors and employees in exchange for goods or services is provided under «Equity Compensation Plan Information.»

We award cash compensation to our NEOs in the form of base salaries and annual cash incentives under our Kokua Bonus Plan, and we award equity compensation in the form of stock options, restricted stock units («RSUs») and PRSUs.

Our Bonus Plan allows our compensation committee to provide incentive awards (payable in cash or grants of equity awards) to selected employees, including our named executive officers, based upon performance goals established by our compensation committee.

Under the Bonus Plan, our compensation committee, in its sole discretion, determines the performance goals applicable to awards, which goals may include, without limitation: attainment of research and development milestones, sales bookings, business divestitures and acquisitions, cash flow, cash position, earnings (which may include any calculation of earnings, including but not limited to earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and net earnings), earnings per share, net income, net profit, net sales, operating cash flow, operating expenses, operating income, operating margin, overhead or other expense reduction, product defect measures, product release timelines, productivity, profit, return on assets, return on capital, return on equity, return on investment, return on sales, revenue, revenue growth, sales results, sales growth, stock price, time to market, total stockholder return, working capital, and individual objectives such as MBOs, peer reviews, or other subjective or objective criteria.

In addition, we intend to file a registration statement to register approximately 141,358,176 shares of our capital stock reserved for future issuance under our equity compensation plans.

Pursuant to our equity compensation plans and certain agreements with certain holders of our capital stock, including Jack Dorsey, Jim McKelvey, Khosla Ventures III, LP, entities affiliated with JPMC Strategic Investments, entities affiliated with Sequoia Capital, entities affiliated with Rizvi Traverse, and an entity affiliated with Mary Meeker, including an amended and restated right of first refusal and co-sale agreement, we or our assignees have a right to purchase shares of our capital stock which stockholders propose to sell to other parties.

Other specific duties and responsibilities of the HR and Compensation Committee include reviewing senior management selection and overseeing succession planning, including reviewing the leadership development process; reviewing and approving objectives relevant to executive officer compensation, evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commiCompensation Committee include reviewing senior management selection and overseeing succession planning, including reviewing the leadership development process; reviewing and approving objectives relevant to executive officer compensation, evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commicompensation, evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commicompensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commicompensation plans; overseeing non-equity based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP;

Additional information about the LTICP and other plans pursuant to which awards in the form of shares of our common stock may be made to directors and employees in exchange for goods or services is provided under «Equity Compensation Plan Information.»

Total compensation per employee consists of many different elements, including not only negotiated / imposed wage settlements, bracket creep (employees moving up within their pay range), composition of employment (professional vs clerical), pay equity, pension and other future employee benefit costs driven in part by market conditions, Canada and Quebec Pension Plan contributions (which increase by the annual increase in the industrial wage), among others.

Furthermore, the rules governing companies listed on the NYSE and incorporated under Delaware law require us to submit certain matters to a vote of shareholders for approval, such as mergers, large share issuances or similar transactions, and the approval of equity - based compensation plans.

This amount also includes 4,829,841 Shares available under equity compensation plans in which Associates of ASDA Group Limited («ASDA»), our company's subsidiary in the United Kingdom, participate.

The compensation committee is responsible for developing, reviewing and adhering to our compensation philosophy and program, as well as reviewing and making recommendations to the Board with respect to our employee benefit plans, compensation and equity - based plans and compensation of directors.

(2) Reflects 2015 Merger - related adjustments including the change to align Kraft to Kraft Heinz's accounting policy for postemployment benefit plans; incremental amortization resulting from the fair value adjustment of Kraft's definite - lived intangible assets; incremental compensation expense due to the fair value remeasurement of certain of Kraft's equity awards; and, certain deal costs related to the 2015 Merger.

IDRs contain key data points that are central to Glass Lewis corporate governance analysis, such as information about a company's board of directors, including board composition, governing documents, independent public auditor, compensation practices, summary compensation data and equity plans.

reviewing, adopting, amending, and terminating, incentive compensation and equity plans, severance agreements, profit sharing plans, bonus plans, change - of - control protections, and any other compensatory arrangements for our executive officers and other senior management;

For the calculation of diluted net loss per share, net loss per share attributable to common stockholders and preferred Series D, E, F, and FP preferred stockholders for basic net loss per share is adjusted by the effect of dilutive securities, including awards under our equity compensation plans.

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.»

Written by NCEO founder Corey Rosen, this issue brief discusses as of mid-2016 the extent and growth of employee ownership; survey data on ESOPs and corporate governance as well as ESOPs and executive compensation; research on the effect of ESOPs on corporate performance; the 2012 shared capitalism study of Great Place to Work applicants; data on employee ownership and employee financial well - being; the NCEO's analysis of data on ESOPs and default rates; trends in broad - based equity compensation plans; equity compensation and corporate performance; the impact of ESOPs and other broad - based plans on unemployment; legislative and regulatory issues for employee ownership; and international developments in broad - based plans.

See «Executive Compensation — Employee Benefit and Stock Plans» for a description of our equity incentive pPlans» for a description of our equity incentive plansplans.

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.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income / (loss) from continuing operations before interest expense, other expense / (income), net, provision for / (benefit from) income taxes; in addition to these adjustments, the Company excludes, when they occur, the impacts of depreciation and amortization (excluding integration and restructuring expenses)(including amortization of postretirement benefit plans prior service credits), integration and restructuring expenses, merger costs, unrealized losses / (gains) on commodity hedges, impairment losses, losses / (gains) on the sale of a business, nonmonetary currency devaluation (e.g., remeasurement gains and losses), and equity award compensation expense (excluding integration and restructuring expenses).

The Compensation Committee, which administers the 2003 Plan and will administer the 2014 Plan, if approved, recognizes its responsibility to strike a balance between shareholder concerns regarding the potential dilutive effect of equity awards and the ability to attract, retain and reward employees whose contributions are critical to the Company's long - term success.

For a review of the accounting and tax issues for equity compensation plans, see http://www.nceo.org/Accounting-Equity-Compensation/pub.php/id/2/ For closely held companies that do ESOPs, the dilution issue is generally a non-issue.

For a description of our equity incentive plan, see the section entitled «Executive Compensation — 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan.&raplan, see the section entitled «Executive Compensation — 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan.&raPlan.»

The Enterprise Compensation Committee discharges the board of directors» responsibilities relating to the compensation of our executives and directors; reviews and discusses with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and performs other reviews and analyses and makes additional disclosures as required of compensation committees by the rules of the SEC or applicable exchange listing requirements; provides general oversight of our compensation structure, including our equity compensation plans and benefits programs, and confirms that these plans and programs do not encourage risk taking that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on Hewlett Packard Enterprise; reviews and provides guidance on our human resources programs; and retains and approves the retention terms of the Enterprise Compensation Committee's independent compensation consultants and other independent compensatCompensation Committee discharges the board of directors» responsibilities relating to the compensation of our executives and directors; reviews and discusses with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and performs other reviews and analyses and makes additional disclosures as required of compensation committees by the rules of the SEC or applicable exchange listing requirements; provides general oversight of our compensation structure, including our equity compensation plans and benefits programs, and confirms that these plans and programs do not encourage risk taking that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on Hewlett Packard Enterprise; reviews and provides guidance on our human resources programs; and retains and approves the retention terms of the Enterprise Compensation Committee's independent compensation consultants and other independent compensatcompensation of our executives and directors; reviews and discusses with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and performs other reviews and analyses and makes additional disclosures as required of compensation committees by the rules of the SEC or applicable exchange listing requirements; 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reviews and provides guidance on our human resources programs; and retains and approves the retention terms of the Enterprise Compensation Committee's independent compensation consultants and other independent compensatcompensation plans and benefits programs, and confirms that these plans and programs do not encourage risk taking that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on Hewlett Packard Enterprise; reviews and provides guidance on our human resources programs; and retains and approves the retention terms of the Enterprise Compensation Committee's independent compensation consultants and other independent compensatCompensation Committee's independent compensation consultants and other independent compensatcompensation consultants and other independent compensationcompensation experts.

Below is an overview of Glass Lewis» approach to analyzing compensation proposals in the United States, with separate sections covering say - on - pay analysis, pay - for - performance analysis, and our analysis of equity - based compensation plans.

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Steven also addresses issues such as equity financing, founder compensation, stock option plan, debt transaction, SaaS agreements, terms of use, copyright, trademark and technology protection.

Other specific duties and responsibilities of the HR and Compensation Committee include reviewing senior management selection and overseeing succession planning, including reviewing the leadership development process; reviewing and approving objectives relevant to executive officer compensation and evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity-based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP; monitoring workforce management programs; establishing compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and Compensation Committee include reviewing senior management selection and overseeing succession planning, including reviewing the leadership development process; reviewing and approving objectives relevant to executive officer compensation and evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity-based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP; monitoring workforce management programs; establishing compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and compensation and evaluating performance and determining the compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity-based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP; monitoring workforce management programs; establishing compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and compensation of executive officers in accordance with those objectives; approving severance arrangements and other applicable agreements for executive officers; overseeing HP's equity and incentive compensation plans; overseeing non-equity-based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP; monitoring workforce management programs; establishing compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and compensation plans; overseeing non-equity-based benefit plans and approving any changes to such plans involving a material financial commitment by HP; monitoring workforce management programs; establishing compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and compensation policies and practices for service on the Board and its committees, including annually reviewing the appropriate level of director compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and compensation and recommending to the Board any changes to that compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and compensation; developing stock ownership guidelines for directors and executive officers and monitoring compliance with such guidelines; and annually evaluating its performance and its charter.

In addition, the HR and Compensation Committee may delegate any of its duties and responsibilities, including the administration of equity incentive or employee benefit plans, to one or more of its members, to one or more other directors, or to one or more other persons, unless otherwise prohibited by applicable laws or listing standards.

The Compensation Committee also oversees our equity and incentive - based plans and administers the issuance of stock options, restricted stock units and other awards under these plans.

May 7, 2014 David Winters tells Fox Business» Maria Bartiromo he believes that Warren Buffett and the Board of Directors at Coca - Cola have failed their fiduciary duties to shareholders by allowing Coca - Cola's equity compensation plan to pass.

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Pursuant to the 2012 Plan we have provided long - term equity compensation to Kurt and Mike in the form of incentive stock options.

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(5) If a review officer effects a settlement of a pay equity plan for a bargaining unit under subsection (1) or, if in any other case, no objection in respect of a pay equity plan is filed with the Commission in accordance with subsection (4), the plan shall be deemed to have been approved by the Commission and, on the day provided for in the plan, the employer shall make the first adjustments in compensation required to achieve pay equity.

She advises public and private companies on all aspects of executive compensation arrangements, including equity incentive programs, golden parachute arrangements, performance incentive arrangements, severance programs, and nonqualified deferred compensation plans.

We work with companies to reward their executives in employment agreements and change of control agreements, deferred compensation arrangements, incentive compensation plans and equity compensation.

Clay also advises issuers in connection with public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, including through equity compensation plans, and advises clients on other securities - related and general corporate governance matters.

Our lawyers work in close coordination with the Firm's perennially top - ranked M&A, Private Equity, Private Funds and Business Finance & Restructuring practices, and regularly advise global clients on the legal and financial risks associated with compensation and benefit arrangements that arise in these types of commercial matters — many of which require sensitive issues for senior management, transition planning and compensation.

He also provides services in the areas of corporate tax planning, cross-border tax planning, payroll support and employee education with respect to global equity compensation.

In Calma v. Templeton, the plaintiff alleged that a board of directors breached their fiduciary duties in awarding themselves restricted stock units (RSUs) pursuant to a stockholder - approved equity incentive compensation plan.