On June 9, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments filed earlier that week by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and The Nasdaq Stock Exchange (Nasdaq) that, among other things, provided...more
6/13/2023
/ Clawbacks ,
Corporate Officers ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Executive Compensation ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Indemnification ,
Listing Standards ,
Nasdaq ,
NYSE ,
Rule 10D-1 ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On April 24, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) designated Sunday, June 11, 2023, as the date by which it would either approve or disapprove the executive compensation recovery — or clawback — rules...more
This alert is the third in a three-part Goodwin series regarding double-vest restricted stock unit awards (Double-Vest RSUs). As discussed in Part I and Part II of our series, many mature start-up and other high value pre-IPO...more
This alert is Part II of a three-part Goodwin series on double-vest restricted stock unit awards (Double-Vest RSUs). As discussed in Part I, Double-Vest RSUs are again making headlines, largely as a result of a recent...more
Double-vest restricted stock unit awards (Double-Vest RSUs) made headlines a few years after the end of the Great Recession when they were awarded by pre-IPO tech giants. Since that time, it has become increasingly common for...more
2/17/2023
/ Early Stage Companies ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plans ,
Equity Compensation ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Liquidity ,
Popular ,
Qualified Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) ,
Recruitment Incentives ,
Startups ,
Stock Options
As a result of recent market trends, US public companies and their compensation committees face challenging decisions as they seek to maximize shareholder value while retaining and competitively incentivizing key employees....more
12/20/2022
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Corporate Governance ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EBITDA ,
Economic Downturn ,
Executive Compensation ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Incentive Stock Options ,
Pay-for-Performance ,
Performance Incentives ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Shareholders ,
Stock Options ,
Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options...more
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued Notice 2020-23, 2020-18 IRB 732 (April 27, 2020) (the “Notice”) providing a temporary extension, until July 15, 2020, for Internal Revenue...more