Stock Option Repricing: What Do Tech Companies Need to Know, What Different Forms Do They Take, and How Can Repricing Contribute to a Motivated Workforce?
What Non-US Startups Need to Know About Granting Stock Options
Why is a 409A Valuation Important?
Revisiting Executive Compensation and Employee Incentive Plans
Many corporations use stock options to incentivize employees and other service providers. A stock option is a right granted by a corporation to an employee, consultant or advisor that provides such employee, consultant or...more
Deadlines are approaching for employers to report employee exercises of incentive stock options and employee stock purchase plan purchases during 2023. Corporations that offer incentive stock options (ISOs) or maintain a...more
Stock options are often a significant, and critical, component of a public company’s compensation and benefits programs as they align the interests of employees and stockholders—when the company’s stock price increases,...more
Consider this fairly typical situation. Four years ago, employee Emma was granted an incentive stock option (ISO) to purchase 100,000 shares with an exercise price of $0.86 per share. Emma’s award is fully-vested and she...more
This blog is the first post in a four-part series. Part I will provide a high-level summary of stock option basics....more
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees and former employees and send information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options (ISOs)...more
Stock options are how cash-starved tech, and life sciences companies large and small can most easily recruit and retain talent. Stock options are also an excellent tool for bigtech and bigpharma companies to align the...more
Deadlines are approaching for employers to report last year’s employee exercises of incentive stock options and employee stock purchase plan purchases. Corporations that offer incentive stock options (ISOs) or maintain a...more
Options to purchase stock of an employer continue to be a popular form of equity-based compensation, particularly among start-ups and other privately-held companies. ...more
In deciding how to best compensate employees in a startup, clients often consider stock options as a viable choice. But even once the decision is made to move forward with stock options, clients are still left to decide...more
This alert serves as a reminder of certain year-end reporting requirements imposed under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to (i) exercises of incentive stock options (ISOs) by...more
Stock options can provide a much-needed component of compensation for startup employees. Different types of equity compensation have different tax consequences with costs and benefits to the company and its employees. This...more
Requirement to Report - For (1) any exercise of an incentive stock option (ISO) during 2019 or (2) transfer during 2019 of a share previously purchased pursuant to a tax-qualified employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), the...more
As 2019 comes to an end, we are happy to present our traditional End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we present our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. Part 1 covered year-end health and...more
Deadlines are approaching for employers to report the year’s employee exercises of incentive stock options and employee stock purchase plan purchases. Corporations that offer incentive stock options (ISOs) or maintain a...more
Clients frequently ask if they can provide incentive compensation to their employees and executives in a manner that gives them flexibility and drives performance, but receives coveted capital gains treatment. This usually...more
A better understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of ESOPs can help any business owner determine if a partial or total sale to an ESOP is a solution that makes sense. And that owner needs professional advisors who...more
As reported in Part 1 of our 2013 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists, Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) requires employers to provide an information statement to each employee or former employee...more
With rebounding stock prices and significant tax uncertainty in 2012, many employers saw optionees elect to exercise in-the-money stock options last year. For some, especially smaller employers and/or private companies, these...more