Sentences with phrase «stock ownership level»

According to a Gallup poll in April 2016, 52 % of Americans said they had money in the stock market (for a number of reasons, this figure was down significantly from the peak U.S. stock ownership level of 65 % in 2007).

Each person's compliance with the minimum stock ownership level will be determined on the date when this compliance grace period expires, and then annually on each December 31, by multiplying the number of shares held by such person and the average closing price of those shares during the preceding month.

Meanwhile, Millennials have lower income and stock ownership levels than previous generations did at the same age.

Not exact matches

In addition to implementing profit sharing plans and encouraging stock ownership, Walton would set high goals for even his low level employees, encouraging competition at all levels to keep score on the progress of each individual.

Executive officers have five years from hire or promotion to the Senior Vice President level to comply with the stock ownership requirements.

Today, I was having a discussion with a close friend about the fact that very few people view individual stocks for what they are - proportional ownership in a business that must be evaluated on an enterprise - level to determine their relative attractiveness - and thought that allowing my readers to be a «fly on the wall» would provide some insight into the methodology Ben Graham made so famous.

continue to satisfy that level of stock ownership for such period as set forth in the Bylaws, as amended from time to time;

To align the interests at the highest level of our management with those of our stockholders, the Board has instituted the following requirements relating to stock ownership under our Corporate Governance Guidelines.

On the most granular level, the stock market is just a medium used for human beings to trade ownership in companies with one another, and you would think that interactions between just two people would have at least some human element in it.

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 its charter.

These officers have five years from their appointment to a position covered by our stock ownership guidelines to achieve these levels of ownership.

Until the ownership level is achieved, executives must retain at least 25 % of the after - tax value upon vesting of each restricted stock award or 25 % of the shares remaining after exercise costs and taxes from a stock option exercise.

In 2008, the stock ownership requirements were raised to current levels: Section 16 officers with the title of Senior Vice President are required to acquire and hold 35,000 shares; Section 16 officers with the title of Executive Vice President are required to acquire and hold 78,125 shares; our President and CEO is required to acquire and hold 312,500 shares.

Ten years later, in another bipartisan effort, this time led by President Ronald Reagan and Senator Russell Long, the Tax Reform Act of 1984 altered the tax incentives to make ESOPs with modest levels of generally 5 - 20 % of employee stock ownership attractive to publicly traded stock market corporations.

Many national - level politicians occupy a world where stock ownership is a fact of life.

When selecting investments for The Oakmark Funds, one of the traits we look for is a high level of stock ownership by management.

The Australian profits share is higher than in the US, but we should not make too much of the difference in levels — there are possible differences in the relative sizes of incorporated and non-incorporated sectors, the extent of public versus private sector ownership of the capital stock, and so on.

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 its charter.

For a small - cap company, there is a surprisingly high level of institutional ownership of the stock of Quadrant 4 Systems.

While stock options are typically reserved for executive - level employees wherein you have to purchase stock at set intervals at market price, some employers will offer ESOPs, or Employee Stock Ownership Pstock options are typically reserved for executive - level employees wherein you have to purchase stock at set intervals at market price, some employers will offer ESOPs, or Employee Stock Ownership Pstock at set intervals at market price, some employers will offer ESOPs, or Employee Stock Ownership PStock Ownership Plans.

There are other examples, but my point is to open minds to a reasonable level of stock ownership.

The Schloss technique appears to be effective in finding smaller stocks with very low price - to - book - value ratios, prices near a 52 - week low and a much higher level of insider ownership than the average exchange - listed stocks.

Instead, in the face of massive shareholder equity losses and a long list of bad investments, the Board increased its pay with no regard for the massive losses the shareholders were experiencing — losses that were painless for the members of the Board due to their low levels of stock ownership.

Our employees — we hire the very best candidates in the market, train them to a high level in a specific industry, motivate them in a range of different ways, not just financially; stock ownership is a major incentive - currently 24 % of our staff are shareholders and over 90 % of these staff are recruited at entry level.