Many investors
receive company stock or stock options from their employer as part of their overall compensation.
In a surprise move last summer, president and CEO Eric Kuhn announced to a gathering of 250 lead campus reps that they would also
receive company stock options.
(For instance, an employee of a high - technology growth company who
receives company stock or stock options as a benefit might prefer not to have additional funds invested in the same industry.)
Not exact matches
While shareholders will
receive only the slightest of premiums on their 12 - cent share price, the big winners are bondholders, who will recoup a greater share of their loans and not be saddled with
stock in an operationally troubled and undercapitalized
company.
For starters, Wild Planet uses open - book management, which means that everyone has access to all the
company's financial data, except for figures on equity ownership (though everyone does
receive stock options) and salaries.
That means they'll get liquid, which is particularly meaningful for early - stage employees who take the risk of working for a startup and
receive stock options in lieu of the higher pay and greater security available at more mature
companies.
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common
stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8)
company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to
receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined
company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common
stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined
company, to retain and hire key personnel.
EMC stockholders will
receive about $ 33.15 per share in cash and a type of
stock that is linked to «a portion of EMC's economic interest» in its VMware business, which will remain an independent, publicly traded
company, the
companies said in a statement Monday.
That
company's shareholders will
receive 1.65 shares of Series A QVC Group common
stock for each common share of HSNi, marking a 29 percent premium.
CEOs
receive about 65 % of their pay in the form of
company stock, and after President Donald Trump's election win in November, the S&P 500 saw a 9 % rally.
Energy Transfer Partners, the Dallas - based holding
company building the pipeline, that Trump used to be a
stock holder of,
received a permit to build under the lake in 2015.
Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai
received restricted
stock worth about $ 199 million, according to a regulatory filing by Google parent
company Alphabet (googl).
Icahn had already
received permission to buy as much as 35 % of Herbalife
stock in July, which he announced the same day the nutrition products
company reached a controversial settlement with the FTC that imposed restrictions on its business model but stopped short of calling it a pyramid scheme.
Two weeks earlier, he had gotten a call from the
company's largest shareholder, Texas - based fund manager US Global Investors Inc., warning that a broker at another firm had
received an anonymous call, saying Muddy Waters was about to publish a report on Silvercorp and US Global should dump its
stock.
Most Netflix employees also
receive stock options, which have been producing huge windfalls in the past few years as the
company's shares have soared.
A Willis Towers Watson analysis of Fortune 500
companies found that about 52 % of financial institutions now have limits on
stock awards directors can
receive, compared with 28 % for the whole 500.
A further 35 % said Ottawa should
receive ownership rights it could later sell when
company stock rises.
Rometty earned $ 32.3 million last year from the technology
company, a 63 percent jump from the year before, mainly due to $ 12.1 million in
stock option awards she didn't
receive in 2015.
SABMiller's strategic shareholders, who hold 41 % of the
company's
stock, would
receive a lower offer worth 37.49 a share paid overwhelmingly in the form of a new class of unlisted share with a five - year lock - up period (a premium of only 28 %).
«Discretionary means that the director or any other
company insider actively decided how much
stock the director would
receive,» Harary explains.
In return for their
stock in Atlantic Network Systems, the partners
received $ 5.7 million worth of the larger
company's
stock, as well as five - year management contracts.
The one element binding this diverse group of investors together is that they
receive some type of equity or
stock vehicle when they put money into a growth
company; each group then has its own set of goals in regard to how much of an investment return its members hope to earn on that
stock and how quickly they hope to earn it (usually when they cash out during an initial public offering or in a merger or acquisition deal).
To keep your plan qualified under 16b - 3, make certain it is administered by a
company director who has not
received stock on a discretionary basis within the past 12 months.
Renault and Nissan are now discussing a transaction that would see both shareholder groups
receive stock in the new
company, which could be based in London or the Netherlands while retaining headquarters in Paris and Tokyo, Bloomberg reported.
Using the valuations as the basis for their equity split, Patriot's original owners (Hotze; his wife, Cindy; and their partner, Patty Brown)
received 87 % of the
stock in the new
company, which kept Patriot's name; Watts and his wife, Jo Ann,
received the rest.
Executives at dozens of tech
companies received back - dated
stock options to take advantage of lower exercise prices.
The
stock also
received a bump as investors looked forward to the
company's fourth quarter earnings report Wednesday morning.
Out of the five defense
companies to
receive over $ 10 billion from the U.S. government in 2016, four rose in value on the
stock market Wednesday.
Venture financing in tech is at a fever pitch — 3,700
companies received financing in 2011 alone, and all of them were issuers of
stock options.
A
stock appreciation right entitles a participant to
receive a payment, in cash, common
stock, or a combination of both, in an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value of the
stock at the time of exercise and the exercise price of the award, which may not be lower than the fair market value of the
Company's common
stock on the day of grant.
This plan allows investors to reinvest any dividends they
receive on
stocks they own into buying more
stocks from the
company that issued the dividends.
When an individual purchases a common
stock of a
company, he
receives one vote per
stock to elect board members or decide on major decisions for the
company.
Earnings in a high - growth
company will sometimes
receive a setback (which is more often than not the only time an investor should buy the
stock), but the sales curve will consistently edge higher.
«Total CEO realized compensation» for a given year is defined as (i) Mr. Musk's salary, cash bonuses, non-equity incentive plan compensation and all other compensation as reported in «Executive Compensation — Summary Compensation Table» below, plus (ii) with respect to any
stock option exercised by Mr. Musk in such year in connection with which shares of
stock were also sold other than to satisfy the resulting tax liability, if any, the difference between the market price of Tesla common
stock at the time of exercise on the exercise date and the exercise price of the option, plus (iii) with respect to any restricted
stock unit vested by Mr. Musk in such year in connection with which shares of
stock were also sold other than automatic sales to satisfy the
Company's withholding obligations related to the vesting of such restricted
stock unit, if any, the market price of Tesla common
stock at the time of vesting, plus (iv) any cash actually
received by Mr. Musk in respect of any shares sold to cover tax liabilities as described in (ii) and (iii) above, following the payment of such amounts.
A
stock appreciation right gives a participant the right to receive the appreciation in the fair market value of Company Common Stock between the date of grant of the award and the date of its exer
stock appreciation right gives a participant the right to
receive the appreciation in the fair market value of
Company Common
Stock between the date of grant of the award and the date of its exer
Stock between the date of grant of the award and the date of its exercise.
The filing for Mr. Cohn shows that in addition to the cash and
stock he
received from Goldman, he has investments in a wide range of
companies, both public and private.
Tax withholding obligations could be satisfied by withholding shares to be
received upon exercise of an option or
stock appreciation right, the vesting of restricted
stock, performance share, or
stock award, or the payment of a restricted share right or performance unit or by delivery to the
Company of previously owned shares of common
stock.
Kraft shareholders will
receive 49 percent of the
stock in the combined entity, plus a cash dividend of $ 16.50 a share, the
companies said in a statement Wednesday.
We provide information below about (1) the circumstances under which these options and
stock awards vest upon termination of employment or the occurrence of certain acquisitions, and (2) the hypothetical value each such named executive would have
received, if any, upon the vesting of any of these option or
stock awards as of that date under those circumstances, assuming each named executive's employment with the
Company had terminated or the acquisition had been consummated as of December 31, 2009 and based on an NYSE closing price per share of our common
stock on that date of $ 26.99.
creation of additional shares of Series C convertible preferred
stock; or (iii) effect a change of control, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the
Company in which the holders of Series C convertible preferred
stock would
receive an amount per share less than the original issue price plus any declared but unpaid dividends on such shares of Series C convertible preferred
stock.
At the time of his hire in 2003, Mr. Drexler invested $ 10 million of his own funds to purchase a substantial equity interest in the
Company and he
received large equity grants in the form of
stock options, premium - priced options and restricted
stock, subject to four and five year vesting conditions.
If the
company's underlying
stock decreases in value, an investor can still hold onto the convertible bond and
receive the bond's par value at maturity, as long as the issuer does not default.
EMC shareholders will
receive $ 24.05 a share in cash plus tracking
stock in VMware, a cloud software
company that EMC controls, all of which will be worth a combined $ 33.15.
The unsecured loan
stock means that the
company receiving the loan offers no collateral to guarantee the loan.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the Boards of both
companies, ILG shareholders will
receive $ 14.75 in cash and 0.165 shares of MVW common
stock for each ILG share.
We provide information below about (1) the circumstances under which the vesting of these options and
stock awards would accelerate upon termination of employment or the consummation of an «acquisition transaction» (as defined below) and (2) the hypothetical value each such named executive would have
received, if any, upon the vesting of any of these option or
stock awards as of that date under those circumstances, assuming each named executive's employment with the
Company had terminated or the acquisition had been consummated as of December 31, 2011 and based on an NYSE closing price per share of our common
stock of $ 27.56 on December 30, 2011, the last trading date in 2011.
After an IPO, the
company does not
receive any funds for shares bought and sold, unless the
company trades its own
stock.
One of the earliest examples was the International Silver
Company, whose common
stock (issued in 1898) had no voting rights until 1902 and then only
received one vote for every two shares.
When you buy preferred shares, you own a piece of the
company and in exchange
receive fixed dividend payments set at issuance with the par value of the preferred
stock.
Upon exercise of a
Stock Appreciation Right, a Participant will be entitled to
receive payment from the
Company in an amount determined by multiplying: