Employee Stock Purchase Plans (ESPPs) get a bad rap although they should be lauded in wonderment. The proof is in...
Archive for category: Long Term Incentives
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...
Is Disclosure Good or Bad for Executive Compensation?
Mar 06,2013March 6, 2013
Today’s Compensation Cafe post is a bit different. It is part blog post and part infographic. In the US, disclosure...
Compensation Peer Group Voir Dire
Feb 26,2013February 26, 2013
So, I was recently doing my civic responsibility by serving on jury duty. As it happens, when I am just...
How Much More is Enough?
Feb 14,2013February 14, 2013
Many of us spent time during the last week watching the news about a man in Southern California who was...
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: What the Heck is Realizable Pay (and why you need to know…now)
Jan 16,2013January 16, 2013
In the good old days, determining total compensation was fairly easy. Always wrong, but easy. For any given year you...
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...
Give Up Your Employment Rights for Equity Compensation
Dec 27,2012December 27, 2012
The UK recently unveiled a controversial “share for rights” scheme (plan) that would allow employees to receive tax-exempt company shares...