The Decision-Maker's Guide to Equity Compensation, 3rd Ed

ISBN: 1938220994

Author: Rosen, Corey

Condition: New

Many books discuss the tax, legal, and other aspects of equity compensation, but this book is different: It is exclusively focused on helping people who are designing plans decide what kinds of equity to choose, and who should get how much and when. Are options a better fit than restricted stock? What are the pros and cons of phantom stock and stock appreciation rights? Should employees be able to buy stock? If so, how? Who will be eligible and under what rules? How will awards be earned, and how will the company provide liquidity for the awards?All too often, these and other issues are ignored or dealt with by guessing, applying rules of thumb, or applying the approach that someone else happens to be familiar with. This book is designed to help its readers make educated, reasoned decisions about the equity compensation strategies they need, not the ones that someone else might want them to use. At the same time, the book also covers the general legal, tax, and other rules applicable to each plan type.In the third edition, every chapter has been reviewed and updated. The accounting chapter was almost completely replaced, for example, and important changes in securities law were incorporated in the relevant chapters. Additionally, every chapter now has a table of contents.