United Kingdom: Executive Remuneration

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EMI Options, Growth Shares Or Both?
For eligible companies, EMI options and growth shares each offer distinct advantages in employee equity incentives. But what happens when you combine them? This analysis explores how EMI can wrap contingent growth-share interests, the valuation principles that must be respected, and why the hurdle, exercise price and performance conditions need to be designed together to avoid accidentally over-gearing management's participation.
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Burges Salmon
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When A Three-year Remuneration Cycle Meets A PLC Takeover Timetable
When a public company faces a takeover, executive remuneration arrangements designed over three-year cycles suddenly collide with deal timetables measured in months. This analysis examines how boards should distinguish between preserving existing value, repairing transaction-caused losses, rewarding deal-specific contributions, and creating future incentives—and why a single payment figure rarely tells the complete story.
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Burges Salmon
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