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Report Link Employment Tax Ramifications of Participating in the IRS's Backdated Stock Options Initiative.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. - February 14, 2007
On February 8, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a new initiative (the "Initiative" or "Compliance Resolution Program")1 which permits employers to pay the 20% additional tax2 and interest3 on behalf of their employees in connection with the grant of certain backdated or discounted stock options (or other stock rights) which were exercised in 2006. The IRS has stated that this Initiative provides tax relief for "rank-and-file" employees innocently caught up in the receipt of backdated and misdated stock options issued by their employers. The Initiative is not available for certain high-ranking executives or persons who participated in the backdating.
Report Link Employee Stock Forfeiture Provisions -- A Different Breed of Restrictive Covenant (pdf).
Vedder Price - July 17, 2006
This article discusses forfeiture-for-competition provisions in employee stock incentive arrangements. The authors posit that they should not be treated as restraints on trade or subjected to a traditional restrictive covenant analysis.
Report Link How Employee Stock Options Can Undermine the Value of Ordinary Shares.
Knowledge@Wharton (Reg Required) - December 04, 2003
Tallying corporate profits has never been easy, but in the past few years it’s become even harder as the debate continues over how to count employee stock options.
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