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Equity Compensation: Navigating 409A Valuations

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Private company clients frequently ask us about granting compensatory stock options to their founders, employees and other service providers, including board members, consultants and advisors. Options and other equity awards...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Unlocking the Power of Equity-Based Incentive Compensation: Basics of Nonqualified Stock Options and Stock-Settled Stock...

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This article is the second in our series on equity-based compensation intended to assist employers with answering a common question: What type of equity compensation award is best for our company and our employees?...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

What Is an 83(b) Election, and Do I Need to File One?

If you’re reading this, chances are this is not the first time you’ve heard of the 83(b) election (and if it is, then definitely keep reading). The “83” in “83(b) election” refers to Section 83 of the Internal Revenue Code,...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Pricing Private Company Stock Options to Avoid the Pitfalls of IRC 409A

The enactment of Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) Section 409A has resulted in significant challenges for private companies that award employee stock options. Under the final Treasury regulations, stock options that are...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

Oh, Making Bad Decisions…or Not Really Considering the Long Game for Stock Options

We often encounter questions relating to the fair market value of a private company for granting stock options where the company has experienced an event, such as receiving a signed term sheet, which almost certainly will...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Option Holders Cannot be Burdened With Escrow in Merger Transaction

In Fox v. CDX Holdings, Inc., the Delaware Court of Chancery held that option holders could not be burdened by an escrow imposed on equity holders in a merger transaction when the terms of the option plan did not permit the...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Possible Offshore Deferrals for Hedge Fund Managers – IRS Confirms That Certain Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights Are...

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The Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") has issued Revenue Ruling 2014-18 (the "Ruling"), which generally confirms that a stock-settled stock option or stock appreciation right that is granted with an exercise/base price of...more

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