Advising the growing business in developing non-qualified benefit plans for their employees, including drafting non-qualified deferred compensation agreements, Rabbi trusts,
phantom stock plans and share appreciation right plans.
Small businesses have many options to provide their employees with meaningful ways to participate in the success of the small business, including stock options, rights plans, restricted stock, long - term incentive plans and
phantom stock plans.
Complex case dealing with ownership of intellectual property,
phantom stock plan, Incentive bonus, reasonable notice
Not exact matches
Marion McGovern, CEO of M 2 Inc., an $ 8 - million broker of management consultants in San Francisco, has a
phantom -
stock plan — and is considering issuing
phantom stock more selectively.
If you're going to start a
phantom -
stock plan, you face one huge hurdle: explaining it.
The solution: a nonqualified - option
plan for relatives employed by the company and a
phantom -
stock plan for the other executives.
You could also combine a
phantom -
stock plan with some type of
stock - option
plan.
The
Plan permits grants of the following types of incentive awards subject to such terms and conditions as the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee shall determine, consistent with the terms of the
Plan: (1)
stock options, including
stock options intended to qualify as ISOs, (2) other
stock - based awards, including in the form of
stock appreciation rights,
phantom stock, restricted
stock, restricted
stock units, performance shares, deferred share units or share - denominated performance units, and (3) cash awards.
The 2008
Plan permits the granting of incentive
stock options, nonqualified
stock options, shares of restricted
stock, restricted
stock units,
stock appreciation rights,
phantom stock, performance shares, deferred share units and share - denominated performance units, and other
stock - based awards.
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.
We structure equity incentive programs such as incentive and nonqualified
stock option
plans, restricted
stock, restricted
stock units,
phantom equity, pass through entity profits interests, section 83 (b) elections, and
stock appreciation rights.
Our speakers will discuss the various forms of deferred employee compensation, including
stock options,
phantom shares, share appreciation rights
plans and others together with an analysis of the corporate and tax implications.
Our tax advisors also provide advice with respect to compensation arrangements involving corporate
stock, including nonqualified and qualified
stock option
plans, restricted
stock plans,
phantom stock and
stock appreciation rights, keeping in mind the business, tax and financial reporting consequences of varying forms of executive compensation.
Our fluctuating economy has highlighted how companies utilize
stock option
plans, «
phantom stock» agreements and other equity arrangements to compensate and keep their employees.