Employee Stock Purchase Plans (ESPPs) get a bad rap although they should be lauded in wonderment. The proof is in...
Archive for category: Equity Compensation
CFO Corner: Say on Pay Campaigning and the 97% Rule
Mar 29,2013March 29, 2013
It’s proxy season and Say on Pay is once again on the minds of anyone involved in executive compensation. As...
Equity Compensation – Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), Downside Protection with a Couple Downsides
Mar 07,2013March 7, 2013
Dan Walter, Performensation Last month I covered Restricted Stock Shares (RSS), today’s post covers Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). Where RSS...
The Seven Deadly Sins of Executive Compensation
Feb 22,2013February 22, 2013
Dan Walter, Performensation Most of the problems with executive compensation tend to originate within a few categories. I have attempted...
Equity Compensation – Restricted Stock Shares, Always a Great Tool, Sometimes
Feb 07,2013February 7, 2013
Dan Walter, Performensation Restricted Stock Shares (RSS), often called Restricted Stock Awards (RSA) or even more simply Restricted Stock, have...
CFO Corner – Non-Qualified Stock Options Are Much Better Than They Sound
Jan 03,2013January 3, 2013
Dan Walter, Performensation Non-Qualified Stock Options (NQSOs, NQs, NSOs) should really be called Stock Options. Non-qualified (or non-statutory) makes them...
CFO Corner: UK Shareholder Spring was Barely a Fling
Dec 20,2012December 20, 2012
Dan Walter, Performensation In recent presentations I have heard several compensation professionals from the UK refer to their “Shareholder Spring” of...
CFO Corner: Equity Compensation – The Ups and Downs of ISOs
Dec 07,2012December 7, 2012
Incentive Stock Options are a great place to start talking about equity compensation. ISOs are “appreciation-only” vehicles, meaning they have...
Startup Compensation: How do Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) Work?
Jul 27,2012July 27, 2012
“My employer is utilizing stock appreciation rights as his way of providing equity/compensation to employees at our startup, and I’m...
Newton’s Three Laws of Compensation Motion
Jul 18,2012July 18, 2012
Earlier this week, fellow Comp Café-er Stephanie Thomas, wrote an article titled The ‘God Particle’ of Total Rewards. In it,...